Electronic Telegram No. 1531
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2008ge IN NGC 1527
     G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P.
Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, and F. Forster,
Universidad de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart, K.
Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on behalf of the CHASE project, report the
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately 12.8 +/- 0.2) on a
Luminance-filter image taken on Oct. 8.27 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 2'
telescope at Cerro Tololo.  The new object is located at R.A. = 4h08m24s.68
+/- 0".1, Decl. = -47o53'47".4 +/- 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is about 5".4
east 2".0 north of center of the galaxy NGC 1527.  Additional magnitudes for
2008ge:  Aug. 21.24, [17.5; 28.33, [17.0; Sept. 8.23, 12.4 +/- 0.3; 16.35,
12.4 +/- 0.3; 25.33, 12.4 +/- 0.3; Oct. 2.23, 12.4 +/- 0.3.  The magnitudes
are from aperture photometry and therefore highly contaminated by the light
of the host galaxy.


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2008 October 9                   (CBET 1531)              Daniel W. E. Green