Electronic Telegram No. 888
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2007as IN ESO 18-G18
     P. Luckas, Perth, W. Australia; O. Trondal, Oslo, Norway; and M.
Schwartz, Patagonia, AZ, report the discovery of an apparent supernova
(mag 15.8) on unfiltered CCD frames taken with the 0.35-m telescope at
Perth on Mar. 13.61 and 15.53 UT in the course of the Tenagra Observatory
Supernova Search.  SN 2007as is located at R.A. = 9h27m36s.01, Decl. =
-80o10'39".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 12".1 west and 8".8 north of the
center of ESO 18-G18 (which itself has position end figures 40s.67,
48".0).  Nothing was visible at the position of 2007as on an image taken
by Luckas on Mar. 6.62 (limiting magnitude about 18.0) or on a Digitized
Sky Survey image from 1996 Feb. 19 (limiting red mag 21.0).


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2007 March 15                    (CBET 888)               Daniel W. E. Green