[IAUC] CBET 444: 20060326 : SUPERNOVA 2006bb IN UGC 4468

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 444
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SUPERNOVA 2006bb IN UGC 4468
     Further to IAUC 8691, T. Puckett and R. Gagliano report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.4) on two CCD images
taken with a 0.35-m reflector at Ellijay, GA, on Mar. 25.105 and
25.106 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search;
the new object was confirmed at mag 17.3 by Puckett with a 0.60-m
reflector on Mar. 26.021.  SN 2006bb is located at R.A. = 8h33m31s.09,
Decl. = +41o31'04".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is 3".6 east and 27".5
south of the center of UGC 4468.  Nothing is visible at this location
on images taken by Puckett on Mar. 7 (limiting mag 18.5) or on his
earlier images taken over the last six years.


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2006 March 26                    (CBET 444)               Daniel W. E. Green