SN 2004gv:<br>
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This SN was discovered by Lulin Obs. 
<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08400/08454.html#item1"> 
(IAUC 8454)</a> on December 13, 2004, and absent on November 28, 2004, 
so discovered rather young, as shown by rising photometry.<br> 
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The host galaxy 
<a href="http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=ngc+856&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 856</a> 
is at z=0.019927 (NED).<br>
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Spectrum reported by Ganeshalingam et al. (IAUC 8456) shows this is a young Ib/c SN.
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