Circular No. 7545

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SUPERNOVA 2000fm IN NGC 1612

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 0.5-m Tenagra III automated telescope. The object was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Dec. 14.3 (mag about 17.7) and 15.2 UT (mag about 17.0). SN 2000fm is located at R.A. = 4h33m15s.00, Decl. = -4 10'39".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 24".1 east and 19".0 south of the nucleus of NGC 1612. An image of the field taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope on Dec. 2.4 showed nothing at this position (limiting magnitude about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: V = unknown; 1.2' x 1.0'; 15; SB(r)0/a

SN type info: II

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