[IAUC] CBET 618: 20060904 : SUPERNOVA 2006eu IN MCG +08-36-16

[IAUC mailing list]

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 618
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS en CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT en CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html


SUPERNOVA 2006eu IN MCG +08-36-16
     Further to IAUC 8744, N. Lee and W. Li report the LOSS discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag 17.4) on an unfiltered KAIT image taken
on Sept. 3.21 UT.  SN 2006eu is located at R.A. = 20h02m51s.15, Decl. =
+49o19'02".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 12".7 east and 9".3 south of
the nucleus of MCG +08-36-16.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2006eu:
Aug. 16.23, [19.5; 25.22, 19.1: (hint, at limit of CCD frame);
Sept. 4.26, 17.2.


NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.

                         (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT
2006 September 4                 (CBET 618)               Daniel W. E. Green