2009CBET.1822....1P

G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P. Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, F. Forster, S. Marchi, and A. Rojas, Universidad de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on behalf of the CHASE project, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately 13.75 ± 0.1) on an unfiltered image taken on May 27.02 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 5' telescope located at Cerro Tololo. The new object is located at R.A. = 12:06:22.97 ± 0".1, Decl. = -44:27:34.3 ± 0".1 (equinox 2000), which is about 1".7 east and 40".1 south of center of the galaxy ESO 267-16. Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on Apr. 13.33 and 25.27 (limiting mag 18.0).