Electronic Telegram No. 893

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVA 2007at IN ESO 580-G44

Further to IAUC 8813, N. Lee and W. Li report the LOSS discovery
of an apparent supernova (at mag 17.7) on an unfiltered KAIT image
taken on Mar. 18.53 UT, with an earlier confirming image from Mar.
3.51 showing the new object at mag 17.8.  SN 2007at is located at
R.A. = 14h51m12s.28, Decl. = -21o23'31".2 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 7".7 east and 7".8 south of the center of ESO 580-G44.  Nothing
is visible at this location on a KAIT image taken on 2006 June 26.20
(limiting mag 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel =16262 km/s, 1.7 x 1.2, 15.58, S(rs)p

SN type info: Ia

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