Electronic Telegram No. 10
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2003bt
     Further to IAUC 8090, M. Schwartz and P. R. Holvorcem report
the LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7906) discovery of an apparent supernova (mag
16.7) on unfiltered CCD images taken with the Tenagra II telescope
on Mar. 9.3 and 10.3 UT.  SN 2003bt is located at R.A. =
10h55m22s.48, Decl. = -7o39'12".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11".9
west and 0".1 south of the host galaxy's nucleus.  An image taken
on Feb. 2.4 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about
18.5).


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                         (C) Copyright 2003 CBAT
2003 March 10                     (CBET 10)               Daniel W. E. Green