Electronic Telegram No. 347
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2005mz IN NGC 1275
     J. Newton, M. Peoples, and T. Puckett report the discovery of
an apparent supernova (mag 18.2) on CCD images taken with a 0.35-m
reflector telescope at Portal, AZ, on 2005 Dec. 31.25 UT in the course
of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search.  The new object was
confirmed at mag 18.0 by Puckett on 2006 Jan. 1.13 with the 0.60-m
reflector.  SN 2005mz is located at R.A. = 3h19m49s.88, Decl. =
+41o30'18".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 19".2 east and 23".6 south
of the center of NGC 1275.  Nothing is visible at this location on
images taken by Puckett on 2005 Dec. 3 (limiting mag 19.8), or on
earlier images taken over the last seven years by Puckett.  SN 1968A
also appeared in NGC 1275 (cf. IAUC 2051).


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2006 January 2                   (CBET 347)               Daniel W. E. Green