Circular No. 8312

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SUPERNOVA 2004az IN UGC 6853

Further to IAUC 8311, D. Singer and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery, on KAIT images taken on Mar. 21.32 and 23.39 UT, of an
apparent supernova (mag about 17.8) located at R.A. = 11h52m48s.22,
Decl. = +29o20'51".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11".9 east and
67".2 north of the nucleus of UGC 6853.  A KAIT image taken on Jan.
29.40 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0). 

Host galaxy info: vel = 8639 km/s, 1.1 x 0.6, 14.65, S0

SN type info: Ia

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