Electronic Telegram No. 467
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2006bn IN ESO 339-18
     Further to IAUC 8697, L. A. G. Monard reports his discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag about 18.4 +/- 0.3) on unfiltered
CCD images taken on Apr. 5.087 UT and 6.094 with a 0.30-m
Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector at the Bronberg Observatory near
Pretoria, South Africa.  The new object is located at R.A. =
20h00m15s.75, Decl. = -38o34'18".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 42"
east and 24" north of the nucleus of ESO 339-18.  Nothing is visible
at this location on Monard's image from 2005 Sept. 21.25 (limiting
red mag 19.0) or on the Digitized Sky Survey (limiting red mag 20.5).


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2006 April 6                     (CBET 467)               Daniel W. E. Green