[IAUC] CBET 1860: 20090625 : SUPERNOVA 2009gl IN IC 900

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SUPERNOVA 2009gl IN IC 900
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 18.1 +/- 0.3) on an unfiltered CCD image taken on
June 23.755 UT at his Bronberg Observatory; a confirming image on June 24.718
yields mag 18.2 +/- 0.2 for 2009gl.  The new object is located at R.A. =
13h34m43s.71, Decl. = +9o20'10".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 10" east and 2"
south of the galaxy core of IC 900, lying in the eastern spiral arm of this
Sbc-type galaxy.  Nothing is visible at this position in the Digitized Sky
Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5) or on Monard's own image from 2009 May
22.804 (limiting mag 19.0).


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2009 June 25                     (CBET 1860)              Daniel W. E. Green