2005CBET..180....1S

Further to IAUC 8534, A. Sehgal, J. Newton, and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.9) on an unfiltered CCD frame taken with the 0.50-m Sehgal telescope (Osoyoos, BC) on July 15.27 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. SN 2005cy is located at R.A. = 18h26m49s.11, Decl. = +51o08'30".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 7".0 west and 9".8 north of UGC 11241. (The galaxy center is at position end figures 49s.85, 20".6.) The new object was confirmed on multiple combined CCD frames taken by D. George (Ottawa, Canada) with a 0.35-m reflector on July 16.17 (the new object at mag 18.0). Nothing is visible on images taken by Puckett on 2002 July 12 and 2004 Aug. 10 (limiting mag about 20.0).