Electronic Telegram No. 1996
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2009km
     Further to CBET 1991, A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J.
Graham and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; M. Catelan,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson, and R.
Kowalski, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E.
Christensen, Gemini Observatory, report the CRTS discovery of an apparent
supernova in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009km   Oct. 23.37   3 02 59.01  -14 49 01.9   16.5    7".1 E, 2".5 N

Additional unfiltered CCD magnitudes for 2009km:  Sept. 29.34 UT, [20.1 (CSS);
Oct. 27.65, 16.0 (S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A., remotely using the
0.3-m GRAS-9 telescope located near Moorook, Australia).


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2009 October 27                  (CBET 1996)              Daniel W. E. Green