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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 3138      2016 Jan 21 20.27UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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AT 2016V POSSIBLE SUPERNOVA IN NGC 7568
Ron Arbour reports his discovery of a possible supernova of magnitude 17.0
in NGC 7568 during searches for the UK Nova/Supernova Patrol. The object was
recorded using a 0.35-m f/6 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD SXVF-H9 camera.

The position is:
RA: 23h 16m 25.19s DEC +24 29' 47.8" (2000)
Offsets 4" E 2"S of the host galaxy nucleus
Galactic: 349.104958 24.496611
Discovery Date 2016 January 19.8351UT

This has been recorded, as part of a new system for 2016 at the Transit Name
Server under 'AT 2016V' 
(see http://wis-tns.weizmann.ac.il/object/2016v)
Pending spectroscopic confirmation.

Further images would be welcomed to monitor the light curve.

Guy M Hurst