[IAUC] CBET 1853: 20090620 : SUPERNOVA 2009gi

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1853
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SUPERNOVA 2009gi
     Further to CBET 1823, J. Kong, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009gi   June 17.39   19 10 19.11  +19 33 34.6   18.1   22".9 E, 7".6 N

Additional unfiltered KAIT magnitudes for 2009gi:  June 7.45 UT, [19.3;
18.49, 17.7.


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2009 June 20                     (CBET 1853)              Daniel W. E. Green