[IAUC] CBET 2547: 20101114 : SUPERNOVA 2010jt

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 2547
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010jt
     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;
R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd, Australian National University; 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 discovery of an
apparent supernova in Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images made public via the
"Catalina Real-time Transient Survey" program:

 SN       2010 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2010jt   Nov. 6.57   23 43 41.24  -41 18 46.9   19.0    20".5 E, 29".6 N

Further SSS magnitudes for 2010jt:  Oct. 18.51 UT, [20.5 (co-added image);
Nov. 7.50, 19.0.  The likely host galaxy, 6dFGS gJ234339.4-411917, has redshift
z = 0.053.


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2010 November 14                 (CBET 2547)              Daniel W. E. Green