Electronic Telegram No. 3898
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2014bo
     N. Tominaga, E. Matsumoto, and T. Shibata, Konan University; D. Tsvetkov
and N. Pavlyuk, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State
University; M. Takeishi, Hokkaido, Japan; K. Takahashi, Osaka, Japan; T.
Morokuma, Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo; and M. Tanaka, National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on behalf of the Kiso Supernova Survey
(KISS) collaboration, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 19.3)
on a g-band CCD image (limiting mag 20.0) taken on May 19.66 UT with the Kiso
Wide Field Camera (KWFC; field-of-view 2.1 deg x 2.1 deg) on the 1.05-m Kiso
Schmidt telescope at the Kiso Observatory.  The new object is located at R.A.
= 16h27m46s.15, Decl. = +41d44'23".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 3".4 east and
5".0 north of the center of the galaxy SDSS J162745.84+414418.6.  The variable
ws confirmed in R-band images taken with the 0.7-m telescope at the Sternberg
Astronomical Institute on May 20.92.

     M. Tanaka, N. Ukita, and I. Iwata, National Astronomical Observatory of
Japan; N. Tominaga, Konan University; and T. Morokuma, Institute of Astronomy,
University of Tokyo, on behalf of the KISS project, report that an optical
spectrum of 2014bo was obtained on May 27.5 UT with the Okayama 188-cm
telescope (+ Kyoto Okayama Optical Low-dispersion Spectrograph).  Cross-
correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows
good matches with type-Ia supernovae at a few days after maximum.


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2014 June 14                     (CBET 3898)              Daniel W. E. Green