2004IAUC.8377....1N

S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the discovery by K. Itagaki, Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan, of a bright supernova (mag 11.2, roughly V) on at least ten unfiltered CCD frames taken around July 31.76 UT using a 0.60-m f/7 reflector. The new object is located at R.A. = 7h37m17s.02, Decl. = +65o35'57".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is roughly 160" east and 10" north of the nucleus of NGC 2403 (the nucleus being difficult to define on his images). Additional CCD magnitudes of SN 2004dj by Itagaki: 2002 Sept. 19, [18.5; Oct. 11, [18.5; 2004 Aug. 1.45, 11.3. Visual magnitude estimates: Aug. 1.910, 11.5 (R. J. Bouma, Groningen, The Netherlands); 2.031, 11.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic); 2.062, 11.5 (K. Hornoch, Lelekovice, Czech Republic); 2.910, 11.6 (Bouma).