[IAUC] CBET 2048: 20091126 : SUPERNOVA 2009lx IN MCG +01-30-8

[IAUC mailing list]

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2048
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS en CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT en CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html


SUPERNOVA 2009lx IN MCG +01-30-8
     Further to CBET 2045, A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J.
Graham and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; M. Catelan,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson,
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen,
Gemini Observatory, report the CRTS discovery of an apparent supernova
in unfiltered images from the Mount Lemmon Observatory 1.5-m telescope:

 SN       2009 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009lw   Nov. 24.50   11 40 18.85  + 3 00 18.4   17.1    8".2 W, 15".1 N

Additional magnitudes for 2009lw in MCG +01-30-8, determined from earlier
observations taken with the 0.7-m Catalina Survey Schmidt telescope:
May 5.22 UT, [19.0; Nov. 16.50, 16.8.


NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.

                         (C) Copyright 2009 CBAT
2009 November 26                 (CBET 2048)              Daniel W. E. Green