Electronic Telegram No. 266
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2005hj
     Further to IAUC 8622, R. Quimby, P. Hoeflich, and S. J. Kannappan,
University of Texas, report the discovery of a supernova in unfiltered
CCD images taken on Oct. 26.13 UT (at mag about 17.3) using the 0.45-m
ROTSE-IIIb telescope at the McDonald Observatory.  SN 2005hj is located
at R.A. = 1h26m48s.27, Decl. = -1o14'16".8 (equinox 2000.0; uncertainty
+/- 0".7), which is 2".8 west and 0".5 north of the center of the
apparent host galaxy.  The new object was found by subtracting a
co-addition of images taken between Aug. 22 and 27 (limiting mag about
18.7).  A spectrogram (range 420-890 nm), obtained on Oct. 26.30 with
the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly Telescope (+ Marcario Low-Resolution Spectrograph)
by S. C. Odewahn and E. Terrazas, shows 2005hj to be a type-Ia supernova;
assuming that narrow lines at 694, 514, and 710 nm are H-alpha, H-beta,
and S II, respectively, a redshift of z = 0.058 is implied for the
apparent host.


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2005 October 26                  (CBET 266)               Daniel W. E. Green