Electronic Telegram No. 2047

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 2009lw IN NGC 931

Further to CBET 2044, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and A. V. Filippenko report the
LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009lw   Nov. 24.24   2 28 12.09  +31 18 46.3   18.8    30".3 W, 4".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009lw in NGC 931:  a stacked image from Oct.
2 to Nov. 19 UT, [20.0; Nov. 25.18, 18.8.



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Host galaxy info: vel = 4992 km/s; 3.9 x. 0.8; 14.46; Sbc       Sy1.5

SN type info: Ib/IIb

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