[IAUC] CBET 1220: 20080123 : SUPERNOVA 2008O IN ESO 256-G11

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SUPERNOVA 2008O IN ESO 256-G11
     G. Folatelli, P. Lopez, S. Silva, P. Gonzalez, 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 CHASE project, report
the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately 17.0) on unfiltered
images obtained on Jan. 22.1 UT with the 41-cm "PROMPT 2" telescope at Cerro
Tololo Interamerican Observatory.  The new object is located at R.A. =
6h57m34s.46 +/- 0s.02, Decl. = -45o48'44".3 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which
is about 9".6 west and 1".3 south of the nucleus of the galaxy ESO 256-G11.
The new object is also present in an unfiltered image taken on Jan. 23.1
(mag approximately 16.9), but nothing is visible at this position on
unfiltered images obtained with the "PROMPT 2" telescope on 2007 Dec. 24.15
(limiting magnitude 18.8).


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2008 January 23                  (CBET 1220)              Daniel W. E. Green