[IAUC] CBET 1601: 20081203 : SUPERNOVA 2008hv IN NGC 2765

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SUPERNOVA 2008hv IN NGC 2765
     G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P.
Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, and F. Forster,
Universidad de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart, K.
Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on behalf of the CHASE project, report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately 17.7 +/- 0.4) on an
unfiltered image taken on Dec. 2.23 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 3' telescope
located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object, which is is also present at mag
approximately 16.8 +/- 0.2 in an image taken on Dec. 3.23, is located at
R.A. = 9h07m34s.06 +/- 0".1, Decl. = +3o23'32".1 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0),
which is about 38".9 west and 2".4 south of the center of the galaxy NGC
2765.  Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on
Oct. 31.32 (limiting mag 18.0) and Nov. 16.29 (limiting mag 17.5).


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2008 December 3                  (CBET 1601)              Daniel W. E. Green