Electronic Telegram No. 190
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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VARIABLE STAR NEAR IC 1309
     Further to IAUC 8570, N. J. Ponticello and R. J. Foley report the
LOSS discovery of a variable star (possible supernova) of mag 17.2
near IC 1309 on KAIT images taken on Aug. 2.30 and 3.31 UT.  The new
object is located at R.A. = 20h03m00s.24, Decl. = -17o12'11".4 (equinox
2000.0), which is 17".5 west and 103".4 north of the nucleus of IC 1309.
A KAIT image taken on July 29.31 showed a hint of the object at mag
about 18.8, while a KAIT image taken on July 28.32 showed nothing at
this position (limiting magnitude about 19.0).


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2005 August 4                    (CBET 190)               Daniel W. E. Green