[IAUC] CBET 1587: 20081127 : SUPERNOVA 2008ho IN NGC 922

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SUPERNOVA 2008ho IN NGC 922
     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 16.5 +/- 0.2) on R-band
images taken on Nov. 26.11 and 27.23 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 4' telescope
located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. = 2h25m04s.00 +/-
0".1, Decl. = -24o48'02".4 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 4".9 west
and 45" south of the center of the galaxy NGC 922 (and situated on top of a
visible source that is probably an H II region or a compact cluster).
Nothing is detected at this position on archival images taken on Nov. 17.27
(limiting mag 17.5) and 13.13 (limiting mag 18.0).  Tye type-II supernova
2002gw (cf. IAUC 7995, 7996, 8001) also appeared in NGC 922.


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2008 November 27                 (CBET 1587)              Daniel W. E. Green