Circular No. 7540

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SUPERNOVA 2000fe IN UGC 4870

M. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR; and W. D. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514), report the discovery of an apparent supernova with the Tenagra III 0.5-m automated telescope. The object was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Dec. 8.4 (mag about 16.6) and 9.3 UT (mag about 16.4). SN 2000fe is located at R.A. = 9h14m55s.15, Decl. = +46o54'02".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".1 west and 9".5 south of the nucleus of UGC 4870. An image of the field taken with the same telescope on Dec. 5.4 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 18.5). SN 1966A also appeared in UGC 4870.

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Host galaxy info: V = 4218 km/s; 1.0' x 0.5'; 14.20; S

SN type info: II

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