2004IAUC.8437....1B

Independent discoveries of an apparent supernova in NGC 783 have been reported by T. Boles, Coddenham, England, and by R. Arbour, South Wonston, England, from unfiltered CCD images. Boles provides the following position from his image taken on Nov 14.085 UT with a 0.35-m reflector: R.A. = 2h01m06s.41, Decl. = +31o52'44".2, which is approximately 2".4 west and 13".0 south of the center of NGC 783; Arbour provides position end figures 06s.41, 44".3. Available magnitudes for SN 2004fz: 1991 Sept. 16, [21.0 (Digitized Sky Survey red plate, via Boles); 1993 Sept. 14, [21.5 (Digitized Sky Survey blue plate, via Boles); Sept. 8, [19.5 (Boles); Oct. 5, [19.5 (Boles); Nov. 14.084, 15.9 (Arbour); 14.085, 16.5 (Boles); 14.744, 16.0 (Arbour). Arbour also provides limiting magnitudes from Palomar Sky Survey plates: 1993.7, blue, [19.7; 1994.4, red, [20.1.