2006IAUC.8666....2M

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 17.2 ± 0.4) on unfiltered CCD images taken with a 0.30-m reflector on Jan. 30.988 UT, with confirming images on Jan. 31.847 showing the new object at mag about 17.4 ± 0.2. SN 2006T is located at R.A. = 9h54m30s.21, Decl. = -25o42'29".3 (equinox 2000.0; USNO-A2.0 reference stars), which is 22" east and 21" south of the nucleus of NGC 3054. Nothing is visible at this location on a Digitized Sky Survey image (limiting red mag 20.5) or on an image taken on 2006 Jan. 16.955 by Monard (limiting red mag 18.0). Note that SN 2004de also occurred in this galaxy.