Circular No. 8472

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SUPERNOVAE 2005N, 2005O, AND 2005P

Further to IAUC 8470, J. Burket and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Jan. 21.55 (at mag 18.1) and 22.54 UT (mag 18.0).  SN 2005P is
located at R.A. = 14h06m34s.01, Decl. = -5o27'42".6 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 12".6 west and 31".7 south of the nucleus of NGC 5468.  A
KAIT image taken on 2004 July 8.21 showed nothing at this position
(limiting mag 19.5).

Host galaxy info: vel = 2842 km/s, 2.6 x 2.4, 12.41, SAB(rs)cd

SN type info: Ia-pec

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