[IAUC] CBET 555: 20060621 : SUPERNOVA 2006de IN MCG -03-55-3

Vie Jun 22 17:06:53 ART 2007

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 555
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006de IN MCG -03-55-3
     Further to IAUC 8723, N. Lee and W. Li report the LOSS/KAIT
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on
June 2.49 (at mag 17.2) and 11.47 UT (mag 17.5).  SN 2006de is located
at R.A. = 21h35m33s.33, Decl. = -19o01'46".5 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 11".2 west and 4".6 north of the center of MCG -03-55-3.  Nothing
was visible at this location on a KAIT image taken on 2005 Oct. 22.19
(limiting mag 19.0).


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2006 June 21                     (CBET 555)               Daniel W. E. Green