Electronic Telegram No. 2032

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 2009lm IN NGC 2980

Further to CBET 2027, J. Choi, 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
 2009lm   Nov. 17.52   9 43 12.07  - 9 36 19.9   18.5    0".8 E, 25".4 N

Nothing is visible at this position in a co-added image from KAIT exposures
taken during Feb. 27-Apr. 26, to limiting mag 19.6.  The new object was
confirmed at mag 17.7 in three images obtained during the course of the
"Palomar Transient Factory" survey (cf. CBET 1724) on Nov. 2-3 UT.  J.
Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, also confirmed the presence of 2009lm at mag
around 18.5 in a co-added image (limiting mag 20.0) from four 600-s unfiltered
images taken remotely with a 0.5-m telescope located near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.
on Nov. 20.33.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5720 km/s; 1.6 x 0.9; 13.6; SAB(s)c? HII

SN type info: IIP

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