Electronic Telegram No. 980

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 2007cp IN IC 807

Further to IAUC 8829, H. Khandrika and  W. Li report the
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on June 13.20 (at mag 17.7) and 14.18 UT (mag 17.8).  The new object
is located at at R.A. = 12h42m12s.72, Decl. = -17o24'07".7 (equinox
2000.0), which is 3".8 east and 5".5 north of the nucleus of IC 807.
KAIT images taken on 2006 Dec. 24.45 (limiting mag 19.0) and 2007 May
6.28 (limiting mag 17.8) showed nothing at this location.

Host galaxy info: vel =10971 km/s, 0.3 x 0.2, 14.25

SN type info: Ia

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