2010CBET.2110....1Z

W. Zheng and F. Yuan, University of Michigan; J. Vinko, University of Szeged; R. Quimby, California Institute of Technology; D. Chamarro, M. D. Sisson, N. Whallon, C. Akerlof, and S. B. Pandey, University of Michigan; J. C. Wheeler and E. Chatzopoulos, University of Texas; and G. H. Marion, Texas A&M University and University of Texas, on behalf of the ROTSE collaboration, report the discovery of a new supernova (mag about 16.2) in unfiltered images taken on 2009 Dec. 28.09 UT with the 0.45-m ROTSE-IIIb telescope at McDonald Observatory. The new object, which was observed again on 2010 Jan. 3.06 (at mag 15.3) and Jan. 5.07 (mag 15.2), is located at R.A. = 23:15:16.97, Decl. = +19:01:22.5 (equinox 2000.0; uncertainty about 1"), which is 4".2 west and 67".9 south of the center of the host galaxy NGC 7549; a finding chart for 2009nq can be found at the following website URL: http://www.rotse.net/rsvp/j231517.0+190122/j231517.0+190122.jpg.