SN 2004dj:<br>
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This SN was discovered by K. Itagaki
<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08300/08377.html#Item1"> 
(IAUC 8377)</a> on July 31. There is no prior photometry obtained
recently, so no limit on age at discovery. At V~11 mag, this
SN is the brightest in the last decade (since 1993J). <br>
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The host galaxy 
<a href="http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+2403&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES">NGC 2403</a> 
is at z=0.000437 (NED).<br>
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A spectrum obtained by Patat and collaborators  
<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08300/08378.html#Item1">
(IAUC 8378)</a> on Aug 3, 2004, indicates it is a type II-P SN<br>
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This SN is the target of an HST follow-up campaign on DD time,
PI Filippenko.<br>
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The SN has been detected in the radio 
(<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08300/08379.html#Item1">IAUC 8379</a>)
and has been observed in X-rays by
<a href="http://xmm.vilspa.esa.es/external/xmm_sched/too/index.shtml">XMM</a>
and Chandra 
(<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08300/08390.html#Item1">IAUC 8390</a>)
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