[IAUC] CBET 1386: 20080529 : SUPERNOVA 2008co IN IC 2522

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1386
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SUPERNOVA 2008co IN IC 2522
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 17.1 +/- 0.3) on unfiltered CCD images taken on
May 26.761 UT (and confirmed at mag 17.0 on May 28.696).  The new object
is located at R.A. = 9h55m08s.97, Decl. = -33o08'05".7 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 1" east and 8" north of the core of the galaxy IC 2522.  Nothing
is visible at this position on Monard's image from May 5.780 (limiting
mag 18.8) or on a Digitized Sky Survey image (limiting red mag 20.5).
The type-II supernova 2008br (cf. CBET 1332, 1335) also appeared in IC 2522.


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2008 May 29                      (CBET 1386)              Daniel W. E. Green