Electronic Telegram No. 911

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 2007ba IN UGC 9798

Further to IAUC 8822, D. Winslow and W. Li report observations
of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Mar.
29.49 (at mag 18.2) and 30.46 UT (mag 18.3).  The new object is
located at R.A. = 15h16m42s.63, Decl. = +7o23'47".8 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 11".5 east and 0".9 south of the center of UGC 9798.  A KAIT
image taken on Mar. 17.48 showed nothing at this position (limiting
mag 19.5).

Host galaxy info: vel =11546 km/s, 1.0 x 0.5, 15.03, S0/a

SN type info: Ia-91bg

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