2004IAUC.8422....2S

Further to IAUC 8412, K. Shimasaki and W. Li report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Oct. 21.39 (mag about 15.5) and 22.40 UT (mag about 15.4). SN 2004fc is located at R.A. = 1h51m03s.85, Decl. = -9o42'06".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 2" east and 2" north of the diffuse nucleus of NGC 701. A KAIT image taken on Oct. 14.39 (limiting mag about 19.0) showed nothing at this position. H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports the following prediscovery unfiltered CCD magnitudes of SN 2004fc by K. Itagaki (Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan, 0.60-m reflector): Oct. 16.624, 15.4; 17.577, 15.4; it was not detected on an image taken on Oct. 6.718 (limiting magnitude difficult to estimate due to proximity to host-galaxy nucleus).