[IAUC] CBET 1711: 20090305 : SUPERNOVA 2009ao IN NGC 2939

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SUPERNOVA 2009ao IN NGC 2939
     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 16.3 +/- 0.2)
on an unfiltered image taken on Mar. 4.12 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 5'
telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object, which was confirmed with
the 'PROMPT 5' telescope at mag approximately 15.8 +/- 0.2 on Mar. 5.04, is
located at R.A. = 9h38m08s.54 +/- 0".1, Decl. = +9o31'00".7 +/- 0".1 (equinox
2000.0), which is about 9".6 east and 25".6 south of the center of the galaxy
NGC 2939.  Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on
Feb. 19.12 and 24.12 (limiting mag 18.0).


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