Electronic Telegram No. 78
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2004ej IN NGC 3095
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, S. Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag about 16.1 +/- 0.2) on unfiltered CCD images
taken on Sept. 10.134 UT; confirming images on Sept. 12.133 show the
new object at mag about 15.9 +/- 0.1).  SN 2004ej is located at R.A. =
10 00 02.84, Decl. = -31o33'25".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 38" west
and 15" south of the nucleus of NGC 3095.  Nothing is visible at this
location on Monard's images from July 12.7 (limiting mag 18.0) and Aug.
3.7 (limiting mag 17.0), nor is anything visible on the Digitized Sky
Survey (limiting red mag 20.5).


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2004 September 12                 (CBET 78)               Daniel W. E. Green