[IAUC] CBET 1926: 20090827 : SUPERNOVA 2009in IN MCG -02-59-13

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SUPERNOVA 2009in IN MCG -02-59-13
     G. Pignata, Universidad Andres Bello; 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; 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 16.5 +/- 0.3) on an unfiltered image
taken on Aug. 25.08 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 3' telescope located at Cerro
Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. = 23h22m35s.32 +/- 0".1, Decl. =
-13o05'43".6 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 0".3 east and 4".4
south of the center of the galaxy MCG -02-59-13.  Additional unfiltered
approximate magnitudes for 2009in:  Aug. 3.22, [18.0; 11.12, [18.0; 26.07,
16.6; 27.07, 16.3.


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2009 August 27                   (CBET 1926)              Daniel W. E. Green