[IAUC] CBET 606: 20060827 : SUPERNOVA 2006en IN MCG +05-54-41

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 606
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SUPERNOVA 2006en IN MCG +05-54-41
     Further to IAUC 8733, T. Puckett and M. Peoples report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 15.8) on an image taken
with a 0.60-m reflector at Ellijay, GA, on Aug. 27.15 UT in the
course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search.  SN 2006en
is located at R.A. = 23h10m05s.06, Decl. = +30o13'24".0 (equinox
2000.0), which is 10".9 east and 3".8 south of the center of MCG
+05-54-41.  The new object was confirmed at mag 15.2 by Puckett
on images taken on Aug. 28.19.  Nothing is visible at this
location on images taken by Puckett on 2005 Dec. 15 (limiting mag
19.3).


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2006 August 27                   (CBET 606)               Daniel W. E. Green