Electronic Telegram No. 1853

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

SUPERNOVAE 2009gi

Further to CBET 1823, J. Kong, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009gi   June 17.39   19 10 19.11  +19 33 34.6   18.1   22".9 E, 7".6 N

Additional unfiltered KAIT magnitudes for 2009gi:  June 7.45 UT, [19.3;
18.49, 17.7.

Host galaxy info: vel= 4002 km/s ; 0.56 x 0.56; 10.2K; Spiral, LSB

SN type info: IIb

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