[IAUC] CBET 872: 20070309 : POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA NEAR UGC 4378

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 872
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POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA NEAR UGC 4378
     Further to IAUC 8813, D. Winslow and W. Li report the discovery
of a possible supernova in the field of UGC 4378 on unfiltered KAIT
images taken on Mar. 6.27 (at mag 18.9) and 9.20 UT (mag 19.0).  The
new object is located at R.A. = 8h25m23s.80, Decl. = +69o54'29".4
(equinox 2000.0), which is 25".5 west and 26".0 north of the center
of UGC 4378, but the variable star is superimposed on a faint
background galaxy.  A KAIT image taken on 2006 Dec. 18.43 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag 19.5).


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2007 March 9                     (CBET 872)               Daniel W. E. Green