Circular No. 7776

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SUPERNOVA 2001ii IN UGC 444

W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the discovery by LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) of an apparent supernova (mag about 18.6) in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Dec. 11.2 and 13.2 UT. SN 2001ii is located at R.A. = 0h42m05s.44, Decl. = +36o48'05".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 9".2 east and 12".8 south of the nucleus of UGC 444. A KAIT image taken on Nov. 18.2 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: vel = 10664 km/s, 1.1 x 0.8, 13.99, S?

SN type info: Ic

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