Electronic Telegram No. 1867
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2009hd IN M66
     L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an
apparent supernova (mag 15.8) on unfiltered CCD images taken on July 2.690
and 3.700 UT.  The new object is located at R.A. = 11h20m16s.96, Decl. =
+12d58'46".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 28" east and 42" south of the galaxy
core of M66 = NGC 3627.  Nothing is visible at this position on Digitized
Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5) or on Monard's most recent previous
image of this galaxy taken at his Bronberg Observatory on June 15.707
(limiting mag 18.5).


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2009 July 4                      (CBET 1867)              Daniel W. E. Green