Circular No. 8245

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SUPERNOVAE 2003kf, 2003kg, 2003kh, 2003ki

Four additional apparent supernovae have been found on
unfiltered CCD images -- SN 2003kf by W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC
8243), SNe 2003kg and 2003kh by M. Armstrong (cf. IAUC 8241), and
SN 2003ki by T. Boles (cf. IAUC 8233).
 
SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2003kf   Nov. 27.4    6 04 35.42  -12 37 42.8   14.8   9".2 E, 14".3 S
2003kg   Nov. 27.79  22 03 34.64  +15 06 10.6   16.6   5".6 W, 15".5 S
2003kh   Nov. 27.80  19 52 17.93  +58 58 39.9   17.5   10".9 W, 12".6 N
2003ki   Nov. 28.00   7 51 33.24  +63 55 51.6   18.0   5".9 W, 9".6 N
 
Additional approximate magnitudes (by the respective discoverers
unless otherwise noted):  SN 2003kf in MCG -02-16-2, Nov. 18.4 UT,
[19.0 (Li); 28.022, 14.3 (Armstrong; position end figures 35s.47,
42".5); 28.540, 15.7 (K. Itagaki, Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan;
0.60-m reflector; position end figures 35s.46, 42".5; communicated
via S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan).  SN 2003kg in IC 1427, Oct. 16,
[19.0; Nov. 5, [19.0; 28.723, 16.6.  SN 2003kh in UGC 11491, July
19, [19.0; Nov. 12, [19.0; 28.720, 17.5.  SN 2003ki IN MCG
+11-10-34, Oct. 17, [19.5; 27, [19.5; Nov. 28.730, 18.0.  Nothing
was visible at the positions of SNe 2003kg and 2003kh on Palomar
Sky Survey red and blue plates.  SN 2003ki is not present on
Digitized Sky Survey red (1998 Nov. 24) or blue (1997 Feb. 4)
plates.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2215 km/s, 2.5 x 0.5, 14, Sb?

SN type info: Ia

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