[IAUC] CBET 1114: 20071103 : SUPERNOVA 2007oc IN NGC 7418A

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SUPERNOVA 2007oc IN NGC 7418A
     G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, and L. Gonzalez, Universidad
de Chile; and D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander,
and A. LaCluyze, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on the behalf
of the Chilean Automatic Supernova Search program, report the discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag approximately 13.6) on a luminance-filter image taken
on Nov. 3.06 UT with the 0.41-m Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and
Polarimetry Telescope 2 located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located
at R.A. = 22h56m41s.77 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -36o46'22".3 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000),
which is about 6".1 east and 1".3 south of center of the galaxy NGC 7418A.
Nothing is visible at this position on archival images from Oct. 8.10
(limiting mag 17.5).  SN 2007oc is also present at mag approximately 13.3 in
an image taken on Oct. 23.09.  NGC 7418A was also the host galaxy of SN 1983M
(the host galaxy identified there as ESO 406-G27).


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2007 November 3                  (CBET 1114)              Daniel W. E. Green