[IAUC] CBET 2618: 20110103 : SUPERNOVA 2010lt IN UGC 3378

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2618
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010lt IN UGC 3378
     David J. Lane, Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada; and K. A. Gray and Paul Gray,
Birdton, NB, Canada, report their discovery of an apparent supernova (mag
about 17.0) on an unfiltered CCD image taken with a 0.36-m f/5.5 telescope
on 2010 Dec. 31.921 UT, with a confirming image taken by Brian Tieman
(Streator, IL, U.S.A.) showing the new object at mag about 17 on 2011 Jan.
2.990.  The new object is located at R.A. = 6h06m09s.18, Decl. = +83o50'28".8
(equinox 2000.0), which is about 20" west and 10" north of the nucleus of the
galaxy UGC 3378.  Nothing is visible at this position on unfiltered CCD
images taken by Lane with a 0.28-m C11 telescope (+ ST9 camera) on 2005 Oct.
31 (limiting mag approximately 18.0), 2006 Jan. 5 (limiting mag approximately
18.3), and 2006 Mar. 29 (limiting mag approximately 18.5); also, nothing is
visible at the position of 2010lt on digitized Palomar Sky Survey red,
infrared, and blue images.  Lane has posted an images of 2010lt by himself at
http://www.davelane.ca/aro/suspect/ugc3378.jpg.


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2011 January 3                   (CBET 2618)              Daniel W. E. Green