Electronic Telegram No. 2469

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 2010if IN NGC 7372

Further to CBET 2468, 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       2010 UT         R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
  2010if   Sept. 26.30   22 45 45.20  +11 07 53.6   19.3    12".0 W, 1".3 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2010if:  a co-added image from June-July,
[20.7; Sept. 27.28 UT, 19.4.  Note that this galaxy also hosted SN 2009hj
(cf. CBETs 1873, 1877, 1878).

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Host galaxy info: vel = 11700 km/s; 1.0 x 0.9; 14.36; S?           

SN type info: Ib

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