[IAUC] CBET 1891: 20090801 : SUPERNOVA 2009hr

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1891
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009hr
     Further to CBET 1879, A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal,
M. J. Graham and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; M. Catelan,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson,
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen,
Gemini Observatory, report the CRTS discovery of an apparent supernova in
unfiltered CSS images:

SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.       Mag.      Offset
2009hr   July 29.45   00 40 34.13 +03 32 29.1    15.9     1".6W, 9".0S

Further observations: Feb. 2.10, [19.5 (CSS); July 31.32, 16.8 (Palomar 1.5-m
reflector, Gunn-g), 15.9 (Gunn-r), 16.2 (Gunn-i), 16.1 (Gunn-z).  The apparent
host galaxy is clearly seen in CFHT 3.6-m + MEGAPRIME images from 2005 June 10.



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2009 August 1                    (CBET 1891)              Brian G. Marsden