Electronic Telegram No. 330
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005mb IN NGC 4963
     T. Puckett and P. Ceravolo report the discovery of an apparent
supernova (mag 19.3) on unfiltered CCD frames (with limiting mag
19.9-20.1) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated
supernova patrol telescope in Ellijay, GA, on Dec. 21.46 and 22.41
UT.  The new object is located at R.A. = 13h05m52s.46, Decl. =
+41o42'59".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".5 east and 20".2 south
of the center of NGC 4963.  Nothing was visible at this location on
images taken by Puckett on numerous dates from 1998-2005 (limiting
mag ranging from 18.7 to 20.2).  H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University,
writes that H. Naito, Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory (NHAO),
obtained an R-band image on Dec. 24.71 using the 2.0-m NHAO Nayuta
telescope that shows the new object at R = 19.5; a measurement of
this image by S. Kouzuma and Yamaoka yields position end figures
52s.315, 59".43 (rms residuals about 0".2).  Yamaoka adds that a
Digitized Sky Survey image taken on 1990 Jan. 25 shows nothing at
the position of 2005mb (limiting red mag about 20.5).


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2005 December 25                 (CBET 330)               Daniel W. E. Green