Circular No. 7702

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SUPERNOVA 2001ec IN PGC 74077

D. Weisz and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the discovery by LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.8) in an unfiltered image taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Aug. 31.5 UT. The new object is confirmed at mag about 18.3 in an earlier image taken on Aug. 19.5. SN 2001ec is located at R.A. = 2h12m00s.43, Decl. = +31o32'43".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".1 east and 5".5 north of the nucleus of PGC 74077. A KAIT image obtained on Feb. 4.2 showed nothing at this position (limiting magnitude about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: 0.4' x 0.4', 16:, Spiral

SN type info: Ia

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