Circular No. 8068

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SUPERNOVAE 2003ag, 2003ah, AND 2003ai

     Further to IAUC 8064, B. Swift, M. Ganeshalingam, and W. Li
report the LOTOSS discovery of three apparent supernovae on
unfiltered KAIT images:
 
 SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.      Offset
 2003ag  Feb. 7.5    11 26 01.82  + 1 59 02.8  16.5   12".5 E, 0".3 N
 2003ah  Feb. 8.2     4 43 08.54  + 0 46 00.4  17.3   7".1 W, 7".0 N
 2003ai  Feb. 8.5    13 00 58.68  +39 51 24.5  17.0   0".9 E, 7".7 S
  
  Further approximate magnitude estimates:  SN 2003ag in UGC 6440,
  2002 Dec. 27.4 UT, [19.0; 2003 Feb. 8.3, 16.3.  SN 2003ah, Jan.
  29.2, [18.5; Feb. 9.2, 17.0.  SN 2003ai in IC 4062, 2002 June 16.3,
  [19.0; 2003 Feb. 9.3, 16.9.

Host galaxy info: Vel = 6777 km/s, 1.1 x 0.7, 14.40, SB(rs)bc

SN type info: Ia

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