2003IAUC.8186....1E

R. Evans, Hazelbrook, N.S.W., reports his visual discovery with a 0.31-m reflector on Aug. 25.70 UT of an apparent supernova (mag 14.1) located 30" east and 50" north of the nucleus of NGC 1448, adding that nothing was visible at this location to m_v about 15.5 on Aug. 5 or on various CCD/photographic images of the galaxy. G. Bock, Bannockburn, Qld., reports that a CCD image taken on Aug. 25.74 shows SN 2003hn at mag approximately 14.2 and located approximately 47" east and 53" north of the galaxy nucleus. K. Krisciunas, Las Campanas Observatory and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO), reports that images taken by J. Espinoza (CTIO 1.3-m telescope) yield a semi-accurate position for SN 2003hn: R.A. = 3h44m36s.1, Decl. = -44o37'49" (equinox 2000.0; uncertainty 1"-2"); no star was visible at this location on a CTIO image from Jan. 3 (limiting mag V approximately 19). A star (mag V approximately 18.2) lies about 10" east-northeast of SN 2003hn. Preliminary CTIO photometry (± 0.04 mag) on Aug. 26.32: V = 14.36, B-V = +0.21, U-B = -0.87 (aperture size 4"; some galaxy light included, with SN 2003hn superimposed on the eastern edge of a possible H II region).