Electronic Telegram No. 106
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2005Q IN ESO 244-G31
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.2 +/- 0.2)
on unfiltered CCD images taken with a 0.30-m reflector on Jan.
28.803 UT (a confirming image taken on Jan. 29.757 showed the
new object at mag about 17.1 +/- 0.2).  SN 2005Q is located at
R.A. = 1h30m03s.51, Decl. = -42o40'48".4 (equinox 2000.0), which
is 22" west and 20" north of the nucleus of ESO 244-G31.
Nothing is visible at this location on a Digitized Sky Survey
image (limiting red mag 20.5) or on images taken by Monard
on 2004 Dec. 30.814 and earlier (limiting red mag 18.7).


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2005 January 29                  (CBET 106)               Daniel W. E. Green