[IAUC] CBET 1556: 20081028 : SUPERNOVA 2008gq IN MCG -02-26-39

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SUPERNOVA 2008gq IN MCG -02-26-39
     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 16.4 +/- 0.2) on
unfiltered images taken on Oct. 27.35 and 28.31 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 5'
telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. =
10h11m08s.85 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -13o47'21".4 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0), which
is about 3".2 east 24".4 south of center of the galaxy MCG -02-26-39.
Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on May 10.98
(limiting mag 18.0) and 14.14 (limiting mag 17.5).


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2008 October 28                  (CBET 1556)              Daniel W. E. Green