[IAUC] CBET 1924: 20090824 : SUPERNOVA 2009il

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SUPERNOVA 2009il
     J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P. Lopez, S.
Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, F. Forster, S. Marchi, and A.
Rojas, Universidad de Chile; G. Pignata, Universidad Andres Bello; B. Conuel,
Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, J. Haislip, 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 17.7 +/- 0.3) on an unfiltered CCD
image taken on Aug. 21.33 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 3' telescope located
at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. = 6h33m52s.66 +/- 0".1,
Decl. = -63o00'39".8 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 7".8 east and
5".0 south of the center of the apparent host galaxy.  Nothing is visible at
this position on archival images taken on Mar. 4.09 (limiting mag 18.0) and
Feb. 28.12 (limiting mag 18.5).  Additional approximate unfiltered
magnitudes for 2009il:  Aug. 23.32, 17.7; 24.32, 17.6.


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2009 August 24                   (CBET 1924)              Daniel W. E. Green