Circular No. 8243

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SUPERNOVAE 2003kd AND 2003ke

     Further to IAUC 8242, B. Swift, R. Foley, and W. Li report the
     LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

     SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
     2003kd   Nov. 23.3    3 00 45.80  +44 27 13.0   17.1   0".6 W, 6".7 N
     2003ke   Nov. 23.6    9 45 52.96  +34 41 01.4   18.2   9".3 E, 7".0 S

     Additional approximate magnitudes:  SN 2003kd in UGC 2468, Oct.
     26.3 UT, [19.5; Nov. 24.4, 16.7.  SN 2003ke in MCG +06-22-9, Apr.
     4.2, [19.5; Nov. 25.5, 18.3. 

Host galaxy info: 1.4 x 0.9, 16.5, S0/a?

SN type info: Ia

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