[IAUC] CBET 663: 20061009 : SUPERNOVA 2006iw

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 663
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SUPERNOVA 2006iw
     Further to CBET 611, B. Bassett, South African Astronomical Observatory
(SAAO); A. Becker, University of Washington (UW); H. Brewington, Apache Point
Observatory (APO); C. Choi, Seoul National University (SNU); D. Cinabro,
Wayne State University; F. DeJongh, Fermilab; J. Dembicky, APO; D. L. DePoy,
Ohio State University (OSU); B. Dilday, University of Chicago (UC); M. Doi,
University of Tokyo (UoT); J. Frieman, Fermilab and UC; P. Garnavich,
University of Notre Dame; M. Harvanek, APO; C. Hogan, UW; J. Holtzman, New
Mexico State University; M. Im, SNU; S. Jha, Stanford University (SU); K.
Konishi, UoT; J. Krzesinski, APO; H. Lampeitl, Space Telescope Science
Institute (STScI); R. Kessler, UC; B. Ketzeback, D. Long, O. Malanushenko,
and V. Malanushenko, APO; J. Marriner, Fermilab; R. McMillan, APO; G.
Miknaitis, Fermilab; T. Morokuma, UoT; R. Nichol, University of Portsmouth
(UP); K. Pan, APO; J. L. Prieto, OSU; M. Richmond, Rochester Institute of
Technology; A. Riess, STScI; R. Romani, SU; M. Sako, University of
Pennsylvania; G. Saurage, APO; D. Schneider, Pennsylvania State University;
M. Smith, UP; S. Snedden, APO; N. Takanashi and K. Tokita, UoT; K. van der
Heyden, SAAO; S. Watters, APO; C. Wheeler, University of Texas; N. Yasuda,
UoT; and C. Zheng, SU, on behalf of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II
collaboration, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (magnitude g
= 20.4) on g, r, and i images taken with the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at APO
by the SDSS observing team on Oct. 3 UT.  Confirming SDSS g, r, and i images
were obtained with the Hiltner 2.4-m telescope at MDM on Oct. 8.  The new
object is located at R.A. = 23h21m19s.48, Decl. = +0o15'35".1 (equinox
2000.0).  The nearby apparent-host galaxy's center is located at position
end figures 19s.19, 32".8; this galaxy has a prior SDSS spectrum indicating
a redshift of 0.03.  SN 2006iw was not detected in an image taken on Oct. 1,
with a 5-sigma upper g-magnitude limit of approximately 22.6.


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2006 October 9                   (CBET 663)               Daniel W. E. Green