Electronic Telegram No. 3199

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION CBAT Director: Daniel W. E. Green; Hoffman Lab 209; Harvard University; 20 Oxford St.; Cambridge, MA 02138; U.S.A. e-mail: cbatiau@eps.harvard.edu (alternate cbat@iau.org) URL http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

SUPERNOVAE 2012ea IN NGC 6430

     Further to CBET 3121, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko report the
LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2012 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2012ea   Aug. 8.29   17 45 10.40  +18 08 26.8   16.8    55".3 W, 7".0 N

Additional CCD magnitudes for
2012ea:  May 9.77, 29.73, and June 21.64 UT, [18.2 (S. Shurpakov, D.
Denisenko, V. Yurkov, and E. Sinyakov; 0.40-m f/2.5 MASTER-Amur robotic
reflector + 16-megapixel camera); Aug. 6.27, [18.2 (KAIT); 8.607, 17.1
(Shurpakov et al.; position end figures 10s.41, 26".9; image posted at URL
http://master.sai.msu.ru/static/OT/PSNJ17451040+1808268-MASTER-Amur.jpg);
8.853, R_c = 17.3 (Massimiliano Martignoni, Magnago, Italy; 25-cm Schmidt-
Cassegrain reflector; position end figures 10s.42, 26".9); 9.163, 16.4
(L. Elenin, Lyubertsy, Russia, and I. Molotov, Moscow; remotely taken at
the ISON-NM Observatory near Mayhill, NM, USA, with a 0.45-m f/2.8
telescope; limiting mag about 20.1; position end figures 10s.40 +/- 0".11,
26".7 +/- 0".13; NOMAD reference stars; image posted at website URL
http://spaceobs.org/images/TOCP/PSNJ17451040+1808268-20120809.png); 9.261,
17.1 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; luminance filter presumed;
position end figures 10s.45, 26".4; image posted at website URL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7751296588/).

Host galaxy info: vel= 3061 km/s ; 1.9' x 0.6'; 14.38mag; Sab

SN type info: Ia

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