[IAUC] CBET 1648: 20090104 : SUPERNOVA 2009E IN NGC 4141

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1648
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SUPERNOVA 2009E IN NGC 4141
     T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 17.8) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Jan. 3.058 and 3.921
UT with a 0.35-m reflector.  The new object is located at R.A. = 12h09m49s.56
+/- 0s.03, Decl. = +58o50'50".3 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000.0; average of images
from the two nights), which is approximately 17".2 east and 6".9 south of
the center of NGC 4141.  Nothing is present at this position on Boles' images
from 2007 May 29 and 2008 Feb. 6 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitized Sky
Survey plates from 1993 May 11 (limiting red mag 20.5) and 1994 Jan. 16
(limiting blue mag 21.0).  Boles notes that this galaxy also produced the
type-II supernova 2008X (cf. CBETs 1239, 1300).


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2009 January 4                   (CBET 1648)              Daniel W. E. Green