Circular No. 7744

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SUPERNOVA 2001fh IN PGC 66592

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 (KAIT) on Nov. 3.2 (mag about 17.2) and 5.2 UT (mag about 16.9). SN 2001fh is located at R.A. = 21h20m42s.50, Decl. = +44o23'53".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 0".6 east and 6".3 south of the nucleus of PGC 66592. A KAIT image taken on Oct. 27.2 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.5).

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Host galaxy info: Vel = 3894 km/s, 2.0 x 0.6, 14.16, Sb

SN type info: Ia-pec

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