Electronic Telegram No. 1859

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

SUPERNOVAE 2009gk IN UGC 11803

Further to CBET 1853, A. Narla, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of an
apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009gk   June 23.43   21 44 27.28  +14 53 57.3   18.3    22".0 W, 2".5 S

Additional unfiltered KAIT magnitudes for 2009gk in UGC 11803:  a co-added
image from Oct. to Dec. 2008, [19.5; June 24.46, 19.1; 25.43, 18.8.

Host galaxy info: vel= 7946 km/s ; 0.9 x 0.6; 15.10; Sbc

SN type info: IIb

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