Circular No. 8262

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SUPERNOVA 2003lq IN UGC 5

Further to IAUC 8229, H. Pugh and R. J. Foley report the LOSS
discovery, on KAIT images taken on 2003 Dec. 28.1 (mag about 17.2)
and 2004 Jan. 6.1 UT (mag about 15.9), of an apparent supernova
located at R.A. = 0h03m04s.02, Decl. = -1o54'45".5 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 24".5 west and 5".6 north of the nucleus of UGC 5.  A KAIT
image taken on 2003 Nov. 21.2 showed nothing at this position
(limiting mag about 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel = 7271 km/s, 1.8 x 0.9, 13.97, SABbc

SN type info: Ia

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