[IAUC] CBET 2047: 20091125 : SUPERNOVA 2009lw IN NGC 931

Mie Nov 25 22:09:32 ART 2009

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2047
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009lw IN NGC 931
     Further to CBET 2044, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and A. V. Filippenko report the
LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009lw   Nov. 24.24   2 28 12.09  +31 18 46.3   18.8    30".3 W, 4".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009lw in NGC 931:  a stacked image from Oct.
2 to Nov. 19 UT, [20.0; Nov. 25.18, 18.8.


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2009 November 25                 (CBET 2047)              Daniel W. E. Green