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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2953      2013 Oct 04 15.57UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2013fa IN NGC 6956
Koichi Itagaki, Japan reports discovery of an apparent mag 16.2 supernova on
an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting magnitude 19.0) taken remotely on 2013
Aug. 25.54UT using a 0.50-m f/6.8 reflector at the Takanezawa station. The
object is at:
RA 20h 43m 53.57s DEC +12 30' 51.7" (2000), 2"W and 8"N of the nucleus of
the presumed host galaxy, NGC 6956.  Nothing is visible at this position on
Itagaki's image taken on Aug. 17.555 (limiting mag 17.0).  Itagaki has
posted his discovery image at the following website URL:
http://www.k-itagaki.jp/images/ngc-6956.jpg. 
The type-IIP supernova 2006it also appeared in NGC 6956.

M. Yamanaka, Kyoto University obtained a low-resolution optical spectrogram
(range 480-900 nm) on Aug. 26.5 UT with the 1.5-m Kanata telescope at
Higashi-Hiroshima Observatory. It suggests that the spectrum is consistent
with that of the type-Ia supernova 2007bm at three days after B-band
maximum.

Guy Hurst reports V photometry:
2013 Sept 23.981UT, V=14.79V; Oct 1.977UT, V=14.84
(Bradford Robotic Telescope)

Guy M Hurst