Abstract

T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA; and D. George, Ottawa, ON, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.5) on an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 20.3) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.60-m automated supernova patrol telescope on Nov. 21.03 UT. The candidate is located at R.A. = 22h28m26s.62, Decl. = +17o08'51".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 1".5 east of the center of NGC 7290. The new object was also present on an unfiltered CCD frame taken by P. Boltwood, Stittsville, ON, with a 0.35-m reflector on Nov. 24.05. SN 2000el does not appear on unfiltered images taken by Puckett during June 1-Oct. 14, and it does not appear on Palomar Sky Survey images taken on 1995 July 30 (limiting mag about 21.0) and on 1992 Sept. 1 (limiting mag about 21.0).