[IAUC] CBET 1916: 20090819 : SUPERNOVA 2009if IN IC 2070

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1916
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SUPERNOVA 2009if IN IC 2070
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 17.8 +/- 0.2) on an unfiltered CCD image taken on Aug.
18.123 UT at the Bronberg Observatory; a confirming image on Aug. 19.132
showed the object slightly brighter at mag 17.6 (+/- 0.1).  The new object is
located at R.A. = 4h24m36s.73, Decl. = -57d59'06".8 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 10" east and 16" south of the core of the galaxy IC 2070.  Nothing is
visible at this position in Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag
20.5) or on Monard's image from 2009 July 17.141 (limiting mag 18.8).


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2009 August 19                   (CBET 1916)              Daniel W. E. Green