Electronic Telegram No. 2032
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009lm IN NGC 2980
     Further to CBET 2027, J. Choi, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009lm   Nov. 17.52   9 43 12.07  - 9 36 19.9   18.5    0".8 E, 25".4 N

Nothing is visible at this position in a co-added image from KAIT exposures
taken during Feb. 27-Apr. 26, to limiting mag 19.6.  The new object was
confirmed at mag 17.7 in three images obtained during the course of the
"Palomar Transient Factory" survey (cf. CBET 1724) on Nov. 2-3 UT.  J.
Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, also confirmed the presence of 2009lm at mag
around 18.5 in a co-added image (limiting mag 20.0) from four 600-s unfiltered
images taken remotely with a 0.5-m telescope located near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.
on Nov. 20.33.


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2009 November 20                 (CBET 2032)              Daniel W. E. Green