Circular No. 7718

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SUPERNOVA 2001ei IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY

P. Martin and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, report the discovery by LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) of an apparent supernova in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope. SN 2001ei is located at R.A. = 23h51m02s.95, Decl. = +27o10'55".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 5" north of the nucleus of a faint galaxy that is itself located about 56" east and 122" north of the nucleus of NGC 7768. Magnitudes for SN 2001ei: Aug. 14.4 UT, [19.0; 19.4, 18.7; 24.4, 18.0; 25.4, 17.9; 30.4, 17.8; Sept. 5.4, 18.2; 15.4, 19.1; 17.3, 19.2.

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Host galaxy info:

SN type info: Ia-pec

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