[IAUC] CBET 2078: 20091216 : SUPERNOVA 2009mj IN MCG +07-14-18

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SUPERNOVA 2009mj IN MCG +07-14-18
     F. Ciabattari, E. Mazzoni, and M. Rossi, Borgo a Mozzano, Italy, report
that unfiltered CCD images obtained on two nights with a 0.5-m Newtonian
telescope show an apparent supernova at R.A. = 6h53m12s.15, Decl. =
+44o04'16".6 (equinox 2000.0; astrometry with respect to UCAC-2 catalogue
stars), which is 7" east and 3" south of the center of the galaxy MCG
+07-14-18.  Magnitudes for the new object:  1953 Mar. 10, [19.7 (Palomar Sky
Survey E plate); 1989 Dec. 1, [20.2 (POSS F plate); 1990 Jan. 28, [20.3
(POSS J plate); 2009 Dec. 10.96 UT, 17.8 (Ciabattari et al.; limiting mag
19.5); 15.88-15.95, 18.1 (Ciabattari et al.; limiting magnitude 20.1).
A comparison of images supplied by the discoverers has been posted at
website URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/SN2009mj.jpg


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2009 December 16                 (CBET 2078)              Daniel W. E. Green