[IAUC] CBET 435: 20060321 : SUPERNOVA 2006ax IN NGC 3663

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 435
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SUPERNOVA 2006ax IN NGC 3663
     Further to IAUC 8680, D. R. Madison and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.1) on an unfiltered KAIT
image taken on Mar. 20.37 UT.  SN 2005ax is located at R.A. =
11h24m03s.46, Decl. = -12 17'29".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 51".3 east and
18".1 north of the nucleus of NGC 3663.  S. Conzalez, Las Campanas
Observatory, confirmed the new object at mag 16.5 on multiple images taken
with the 1.0-m Swope telescope on Mar. 21.15.  A KAIT image on Feb.
10.39 showed nothing at this positon (limiting mag about 18.5).


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2006 March 21                    (CBET 435)               Daniel W. E. Green