[ngcles]

Hi All,

A relatively bright new supernova was reported last night in the southern barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1527 in Horologium. This galaxy, based on its R/V (+1001) and assuming a Hubble Constant of 72km/s/Mpc is approx 14Mpc or 45 Mly away. The current magnitude estimate for the new object is approx 12.8. The type of supernova event is not known at this stage.

The offsets for the new object are 2" north and 5.4" east of the nucleus of NGC 1527 -- meaning it is quite close to the apparent nucleus of the host galaxy. Though the event is bright, its proximity to the bright nucleus means it will probably need a 10" telescope to see because of the "bright" background it resides in.

Observers are directed to CBET circular 1531:2 for further details.

Best,

Les D