[IAUC] CBET 1717: 20090311 : SUPERNOVA 2009as IN ESO 447-37

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SUPERNOVA 2009as IN ESO 447-37
     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 16.7 +/- 0.3) on
unfiltered images taken on Mar. 8.17 and 11.15 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 4'
telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. =
14h47m26s.64 +/- 0".1, Decl. = -30o39'34".5 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is
about 0".4 west and 51".6 south of the center of the galaxy ESO 447-37.
Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on Jan. 12.32
(limiting mag 18.0) and 16.34 (limiting mag 18.5).


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