Circular No. 8231

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SUPERNOVAE 2003ja IN NGC 846

Further to IAUC 8230, M. Moore and W. Li report the LOSS/KAIT
discovery, on images taken on Oct. 22.4 and 23.4 UT, of an apparent
supernova (mag about 17.1) located at R.A. = 2h12m11s.81, Decl. =
+44o34'20".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".6 west and 13".7 north
of the nucleus of NGC 846.  A KAIT image taken on Oct. 7.4 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0).  A. V.
Filippenko, R. Chornock, and S. Jha, University of California,
Berkeley, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 320-1000
nm), obtained on Oct. 23 with the Shane 3-m telescope at Lick
Observatory, reveals that SN 2003ja is a supernova, probably of
type II shortly after the explosion.  The continuum is very blue
and nearly featureless.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5118 km/s, 1.9 x 1.7, 13.0, SB(rs)ab

SN type info: II

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