2002IAUC.8016....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.4 ± 0.3) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Nov. 12.098 UT with a 0.30-m reflector; it was confirmed at the same brightness on an image taken on Nov. 14.084. SN 2002hy is located at R.A. = 10h54m39s.18, Decl. = -21o03'41".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 14".8 west and 17".0 north of the nucleus of NGC 3464. Nothing is visible at this location on the Digitized Sky Survey (limiting red mag 19.5) or on an image taken by Monard on 2002 Oct. 13.104 (limiting mag 18.0). SN 2002J (cf. IAUC 7800) also appeared in NGC 3464.