Electronic Telegram No. 872

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

POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA NEAR UGC 4378

Further to IAUC 8813, D. Winslow and W. Li report the discovery
of a possible supernova in the field of UGC 4378 on unfiltered KAIT
images taken on Mar. 6.27 (at mag 18.9) and 9.20 UT (mag 19.0).  The
new object is located at R.A. = 8h25m23s.80, Decl. = +69o54'29".4
(equinox 2000.0), which is 25".5 west and 26".0 north of the center
of UGC 4378, but the variable star is superimposed on a faint
background galaxy.  A KAIT image taken on 2006 Dec. 18.43 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag 19.5).

Host galaxy info: vel = 10420 km/s

SN type info: Ib

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