[IAUC] CBET 1571: 20081118 : SUPERNOVA 2008hg IN IC 1720

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1571
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SUPERNOVA 2008hg IN IC 1720
     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 17.4 +/- 0.2) on an
unfiltered image taken on Nov. 15.10 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 3' telescope
located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is also present in an image taken on
Nov. 17.04 at mag approximately 17.0 +/- 0.2.  SN 2008hg is located at R.A. =
1h40m22s.39 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -28o55'05".1 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is
about 12".0 east and 15".9 south of center of the galaxy IC 1720.  Nothing is
visible at this position on archival images taken on Oct. 31.15 and Nov. 4.09
(limiting mag 18.0).


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2008 November 18                 (CBET 1571)              Daniel W. E. Green