Electronic Telegram No. 166
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2005ch
     Further to IAUC 8537, E. S. Rykoff reports the discovery of an
apparent supernova in unfiltered CCD images taken on June 8.83 (at
mag about 15.8) and 9.56 UT (mag about 15.5) with the 0.45-m ROTSE-
IIIc telescope at the HESS site in Namibia and the ROTSE-IIIa
telescope at Siding Spring Observatory.  SN 2005ch is located at
R.A. = 14h22m06s.77, Decl. = +1o59'35".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is
0".9 north and 3".1 east of the core of the apparent host galaxy
(whose SDSS magnitude is given as g' = 20.0).  Nothing is visible
at this location on ROTSE-IIIc images taken on May 27.86 (limiting
mag about 17.5).


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2005 June 9                      (CBET 166)               Daniel W. E. Green