> Date:          Sat, 6 Jan 2001 17:05:32 -0500 (EST)
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> Subject:       IAUC 7557: 2001D; 2001E; 2000fo; Poss. N IN Pup

>                   Circular No. 7557
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> SUPERNOVA 2001D IN IC 728
>      M. Modjaz and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
> on behalf of LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514), report the discovery with the
> 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) of an apparent
> supernova on unfiltered images taken on Jan. 5.5 (mag about 17.6)
> and 6.4 UT (mag about 17.5).  The new object is located at R.A. =
> 11h44m50s.97, Decl. = -1 36'18".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 8".0
> east and 12".4 south of the nucleus of IC 728.  A KAIT image of the
> same field taken on 2000 Dec. 28.5 showed nothing at the position
> of SN 2001D (limiting mag about 18.5).
> 
> 
> SUPERNOVA 2001E IN NGC 3905
>      Modjaz and Li also report the discovery with KAIT of another
> apparent supernova on unfiltered images on Jan. 5.5 (mag about
> 17.6) and 6.4 UT (mag about 17.2).  SN 2001E is located at R.A. =
> 11h49m05s.00, Decl. = -9 44'10".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is 0".6
> east and 23".2 south of the nucleus of NGC 3905.  A KAIT image of
> the same field taken on 2000 Dec. 30.5 showed nothing at the
> position of the new object (limiting mag about 19.0).
> 
> 
> SUPERNOVA 2000fo IN PGC 70148
>      T. Matheson, S. Jha, P. Challis, and R. Kirshner, Harvard-
> Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, report that a spectrum of SN
> 2000fo, obtained by M. Calkins on 2000 Dec. 23.08 UT with the F. L.
> Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST spectrograph), shows it
> to be a type-Ia supernova at maximum light.  The spectrum exhibits
> a possibly reddened continuum, with well-defined Si II, S II, Fe
> II, Mg II, and Ca II features.  Adopting the NASA/IPAC
> Extragalactic Database recession velocity of 7152 km/s for the host
> galaxy, the expansion velocity is 11 800 km/s for Si II (rest 635.5
> nm).  The spectral-feature age of the supernova (Riess et al. 1997,
> A.J. 114, 722) is 3 +/- 2 days before maximum light.
> 
> 
> POSSIBLE NOVA IN PUPPIS
>      CCD photometry of the new variable star noted on IAUC 7552 and
> 7556 (comparison stars from Tycho catalogue):  2000 Dec. 31.001 UT,
> V = 9.24 +/- 0.05, B-V = +0.44 +/- 0.07 (D. Hanzl, Brno, Czech
> Republic); 31.96, V = 9.14 +/- 0.06, B-V = +0.48 +/- 0.06 (Hanzl);
> 2001 Jan. 1.020, V = 9.13 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic).
> 
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> 2001 January 6                 (7557)            Daniel W. E. Green
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