Electronic Telegram No. 1974

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 2009ju IN UGC 3285

Further to CBET 1969, X. Parisky, 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
 2009ju   Oct. 11.51   5 18 54.84  +19 10 11.5   18.2    20".5 W, 10".8 S

Nothing was visible at this position on a co-added KAIT image from Oct. 1 to 6,
to limiting mag 19.2.  J. Brimacombe (Cairns, Australia) reports a confirmation
of the new object at mag 18.9 in a co-added image (limiting mag 20.5) from
six 600-s luminance-filtered images taken remotely with a 0.5-m telescope
located near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A. on Oct. 12.33 UT.  A similar co-added image
taken on Oct. 13.7 with a 0.4-m reflector at Cairns (limiting mag 20) shows
2009ju at mag 19.0.  Brimacombe measured identical position end figures for
the new object, with offset 19" east [sic] and 10" south.  Li confirms that
the object is west and not east of the core of UGC 3285.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5967 kim/s; 1.2 x 0.9; 16.5; E?

SN type info: II

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