[IAUC] CBET 1827: 20090602 : SUPERNOVA 2009fr IN NGC 597

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SUPERNOVA 2009fr IN NGC 597
     G. Pignata, 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, 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 16.1 +/- 0.2)
on R-band images taken on June 1.38 and 2.36 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 4'
telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. =
1h32m15s.05 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -33o29'49".6 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is
about 2".9 east and 0".5 north of the center of the galaxy NGC 597.  Nothing
is visible at this position on archival images taken on 2008 Dec. 13.19
(limiting mag 19.0) and 2009 Jan. 3.11 (limiting mag 18.5).


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2009 June 2                      (CBET 1827)              Daniel W. E. Green