[IAUC] CBET 1121: 20071106 : SUPERNOVA 2007on IN NGC 1404

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SUPERNOVA 2007on IN NGC 1404
     C. Pollas, ARTEMIS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur; and A. Klotz,
Observatoire de Haute Provence, on behalf of the TAROT collaboration,
report the discovery of an apparent supernova (R = 14.9 +/- 0.2) on Nov.
5.25 UT using images of the 0.25-m robotic telescope TAROT at La Silla.
The new object is also present on images taken on Nov. 2.20 (R = 17.1 +/-
0.3), 3.22 (R = 16.1 +/- 0.3), and 4.20 (R = 15.5 +/- 0.2).  SN 2007on is
located at R.A. = 3h38m50s.9, Decl. = -35o34'30" (equinox 2000.0), which is
12" west and 68" north of the nucleus of NGC 1404.  Nothing is visible at
this position on Palomar Sky Survey images or on a TAROT image taken on
Oct. 29.30 (limiting R mag 18.3).


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2007 November 6                  (CBET 1121)              Daniel W. E. Green