Electronic Telegram No. 2334
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010el IN NGC 1566
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (magnitude 16.8) on unfiltered CCD images taken at Bronberg
on June 19.142 UT.  The new object is located at R.A. = 4h19m58s.83, Decl. =
-54d56'38".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 13" west and 22" south of the galaxy
core of the nearby galaxy NGC 1566.  Nothing is visible at this position in
Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5).  Additional magnitudes
for 2010el from Monard's images:  June 3.140, [18.0; 20.144, 16.5.


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2010 June 20                     (CBET 2334)              Daniel W. E. Green