2004IAUC.8373....2M

L. A. G. Monard reports his discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered CCD images taken on July 15.703 (at mag about 14.5 ± 0.2) and 17.688 UT (mag about 14.6 ± 0.1) with a 0.30-m reflector near Pretoria, South Africa. The new object is located at R.A. = 9h54m27s.48, Decl. = -25o41'34".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 13" west and 37" north of the nucleus of NGC 3054. Nothing is visible at this position on images taken by Monard on June 20.7 (limiting red mag 17.7) or on his earlier images, and nothing is visible on a red Digitized Sky Survey image (limiting mag 20).