Electronic Telegram No. 877

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 2007am IN NGC 3367

Further to IAUC 8813, N. Joubert and W. Li report the discovery
of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Mar. 11.36
UT (at mag 17.8) and 12.31 UT (mag 18.0).  The new object is located
at at R.A. = 10h46m33s.62, Decl. = +13o45'09".3 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 20".1 west and 7".3 north of the center of NGC 3367.  A KAIT image
taken on Feb. 18.39 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag 19.5).

Host galaxy info: vel = 3040 km/s, 2.0 x 1.6, 12.7 , SB(rs)c;LINER Sy

SN type info: II

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