[IAUC] CBET 1655: 20090107 : SUPERNOVA 2009G IN IC 4441

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SUPERNOVA 2009G IN IC 4441
     G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P.
Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, F. Forster, and S.
Marchi, Universidad de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart,
K. Ivarsen, 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 +/- 0.2) on
unfiltered images taken on Jan. 5.32 and 7.25 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 4'
telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. =
14h31m38s.34 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -43o25'02".8 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is
about 3".1 west and 3".1 north of the center of the galaxy IC 4441.  Nothing
is visible at this position on archival images taken on 2008 June 23.03
(limiting mag 18.5) and July 28.15 (limiting mag 18.0).


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2009 January 7                   (CBET 1655)              Daniel W. E. Green