Electronic Telegram No. 833

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVA 2007T IN NGC 5828

Further to IAUC 8798, D. R. Madison and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on
Feb. 3.57 (at mag 16.9) and 4.50 UT (mag 16.8).  SN 2007T is located
at R.A. = 15h00m45s.73, Decl. = +49o59'24".3 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 3".5 west and 13".2 north of the center of NGC 5828.  A KAIT image
taken on 2006 Aug. 14.20 showed nothing at this position (limiting
mag about 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel = 4071 km/s; 0.8 x 0.7; 14.1g; S

SN type info: II

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