Circular No. 8329

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SUPERNOVAE 2004bj AND 2004bk

Further to IAUC 8321, H. Pugh and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2004bj   Apr. 22.36   13 16 18.03  + 7 02 52.7  18.3   15".0 E, 6".3 N
2004bk   Apr. 22.36   13 37 28.72  + 4 06 11.3  16.0   9".9 W, 4".8 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2004bj in MCG +01-34-13, Mar. 21.35
UT, [19.0; Apr. 2.38, [18.0; 23.35, 18.3.  SN 2004bk in NGC 5246,
Apr. 2.38, [19.0; 23.35, 15.9.

Host galaxy info: vel =15033 km/s, 0.8 x 0.5, 14.2, E+ pec

SN type info: Ia

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