[IAUC] CBET 2407: 20100811 : SUPERNOVA 2010gu

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2407
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SUPERNOVA 2010gu
     Further to CBET 2387, R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd, Australian National
University; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R.
Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Carnegie
Observatories; 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 Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images:

 SN       2010 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2010gu   Aug. 7.67   22 19 23.16  -36 58 24.5   18.0    7".0 E, 3".3 N

Further SSS magnitudes for 2010gu:  July 9.81, [19.5; Aug. 10.76, 17.9.
The host galaxy, 2MASX J22192259-3658278, has redshift z = 0.056.


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