Electronic Telegram No. 720
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions)
CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science)
URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html


SUPERNOVA 2006mp IN MCG +08-31-29
     T. Puckett and R. Gagliano report the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 16.9) on an image taken with a 0.60-m reflector at
Ellijay, GA, on Nov. 3.99 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory
Supernova Search.  The object is located at R.A. = 17h12m00s.20, Decl.
= +46o33'20".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 14".6 east and 2".7 south
of the center of MCG +08-31-29.  The new object was confirmed at mag
16.7 on an image taken by Puckett with the 0.60-m reflector on Nov.
5.01.  Nothing is visible at this location on images taken by Puckett
on Oct. 2, 14, and 24 (limiting mag 19.0).


NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes
      superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars.

                         (C) Copyright 2006 CBAT
2006 November 5                  (CBET 720)               Daniel W. E. Green