Electronic Telegram No. 2721

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University; 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A. e-mail: cbatiau@eps.harvard.edu (alternate cbat@iau.org) URL http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

SUPERNOVA 2011cj IN UGC 9356

Further to CBET 2712, G. Li, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko
report the LOSS/KAIT discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT
images:

 SN       2011 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2011cj   May 9.39    14 32 53.81  +11 35 49.3   17.0    4".4 E, 7".5 N

Nothing was visible at this position on a KAIT image taken on May 5.39 UT
(limiting mag 18.5).  

Host galaxy info: vel= 2224 km/s ; 1.38' x 0.61'; 14.1mag; Sc

SN type info: IIP

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