[IAUC] CBET 448: 20060327 : SUPERNOVA 2006bd IN UGC 6609

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 448
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SUPERNOVA 2006bd IN UGC 6609
     T. Puckett and L. Cox report the discovery of an apparent supernova
(mag 18.2) on CCD images taken with a 0.60-m reflector at Ellijay, GA,
on Mar. 26.201 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova
Search; it was confirmed at mag 18.0 by Puckett with a 0.60-m reflector
on Mar. 27.208.  The new object is located at R.A. = 11h38m28s.46, Decl.
= +20o31'34".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 14".5 west and 5".2 south of
the center of UGC 6609.   Nothing is visible at this location on images
taken by Puckett on Jan. 5 (limiting mag 19.2) or on earlier images taken
over the last eight years by Puckett.


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2006 March 27                    (CBET 448)               Daniel W. E. Green