Electronic Telegram No. 497
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2006bw
     Further to IAUC 8693, M. Baek and W. Li report the LOSS discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 16.6) on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Apr. 27.38
and May 1.40 UT.  SN 2006bw is located at R.A. = 14h33m56s.73, Decl. =
+3o47'55".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 18".8 west and 5".7 north of its
apparent host galaxy.  A KAIT image taken on Mar. 23.41 showed nothing at
this position (limiting mag about 18.0).


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2006 May 2                       (CBET 497)               Daniel W. E. Green