Electronic Telegram No. 2598
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2010kw IN ESO 162-2
     J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, R. Cartier, F. Forster, S.
Silva, and F. Carrasco, Universidad de Chile; G. Pignata and M. Cifuentes,
Universidad Andres Bello; P. Gonzalez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de
Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; G. Folatelli, IPMU, University of
Tokyo; and D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, J. Haislip, A. Crain, D. Foster, M.
Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on
behalf of the CHASE project, report the discovery of an apparent supernova
(mag approximately 17.0) on an unfiltered image taken on Dec. 17.18 UT with
the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 5' telescope located at Cerro Tololo.  The new object,
which is also present at mag approximately 16.9 in an image taken on Dec.
18.06, is located at R.A. = 6h56m19s.88 +/- 0".2, Decl. = -54o03'47".1 +/-
0".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 6".5 west and 5".1 north of the center
of the galaxy ESO 162-2.  Nothing is visible at this position on archival
images taken on Nov. 17.23.


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2010 December 20                 (CBET 2598)              Daniel W. E. Green