Electronic Telegram No. 170
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2005cn IN NGC 5061
     Further to IAUC 8530, C. Jacques reports the discovery
by the Brazilian Supernovae Search Team (including also
C. Colesanti, E. Pimentel, and T. Napoleao) of an apparent
supernova (mag 14.6) on unfiltered CCD images taken on June 19.99
and 21.00 UT.  The new object is located at R.A. = 13h18m00s.46,
Decl. = -26o48'33".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is 62" west and 103"
north of the center of NGC 5061.  Nothing was visible at this
location on a CCD image taken on Apr. 15.12 (limiting mag 19.0)
or on a red Digitized Sky Survey image from 1992.


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2005 June 21                     (CBET 170)               Daniel W. E. Green