Electronic Telegram No. 1991
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2009kk
     Further to CBET 1970, A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J.
Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; M. Catelan,
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson,
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen,
Gemini Observatory, report the CRTS discovery of an apparent supernova
in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009kk   Oct. 15.41   3 49 44.27  - 3 15 51.9   15.5    14".5 E, 16".9 S

Nothing was visible at this position on a CSS image taken on Sept. 24.49 UT
(limiting mag 19.0).
     J. M. Silverman, I. K. W. Kleiser, C. V. Griffith, A. J. L. Morton, and
A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection
of a CCD spectra (range 340-1010 nm), obtained on Oct. 21 UT with the 3-m
Shane reflector (+ Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2009kk is a normal
type-Ia supernova near maximum light.


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2009 October 22                  (CBET 1991)              Daniel W. E. Green