[IAUC] CBET 2619: 20110103 : SUPERNOVA 2010lu

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2619
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2010lu
     Further to CBET 2614, 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 Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) images:

 SN       2010 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2010lu   Dec. 8.40    9 06 00.70  +29 20 32.5   16.8    5".8 E, 8".3 S

Further CSS magnitudes for 2010lu:  2010 Nov. 7.51 UT, [19.5; 2011 Jan. 3.34,
17.1.  The presumed host galaxy, SDSS J090600.26+292041.0, has redshift z =
0.023.


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2011 January 3                   (CBET 2619)              Daniel W. E. Green