[IAUC] CBET 2586: 20101213 : SUPERNOVA 2010ks IN UGC 5622

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2586
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010ks IN UGC 5622
     Further to CBET 2578, S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; 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
public images from Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).

 SN       2010 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2010ks   Dec. 11.46   10 23 42.44  +33 46 49.0   17.0    7".8 E, 22".0 N

Further unfiltered CCD magnitude estimates of 2010ks:  June 15.20 UT, [19.3
(CSS); Dec. 12.42, 17.4 (LB-1 0.6-m telescope at Rodeo, NM).  The presumed
host galaxy, UGC 5622, has redshift z = 0.033.


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2010 December 13                 (CBET 2586)              Daniel W. E. Green