Circular No. 8277

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SUPERNOVA 2004P IN UGC 8561

     Further to IAUC 8274, J. Burket and W. Li report the LOSS
     discovery, on a KAIT image taken on Jan. 23.5 UT (mag about 16.3),
     of an apparent supernova located at R.A. = 13h34m57s.76, Decl. =
     +34o02'33".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 6".0 east and 4".5 south of
     the nucleus of UGC 8561.  The new object was confirmed at mag about
     16.5 on an image taken on Jan. 27.5 by M. Schwartz and P. Holvorcem
     with the 0.8-m Tenagra II telescope.  A KAIT image taken on 2003
     June 17.2 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel = 7120 km/s, 1.1 x 0.8, 13.88, Scd:

SN type info: Ia

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