[IAUC] CBET 1736: 20090324 : SUPERNOVA 2009bs IN NGC 5163

Mar Mar 24 16:59:32 ART 2009

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1736
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009bs IN NGC 5163
     Further to CBET 1706, J. Rex, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, 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
 2009bs   Mar. 21.43   13 26 56.20  +52 45 17.5   17.7    17".7 E, 4".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009bs in NGC 5163:  Feb. 4.48 UT, [19.0;
Mar. 24.43, 17.6.


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2009 March 24                    (CBET 1736)              Daniel W. E. Green