SN 2005an

Circular No. 8491

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SUPERNOVAE 2005am AND 2005an

Further to IAUC 8484, K. Shimasaki and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on an unfiltered KAIT image
taken on Mar. 3.35 UT (mag 17.3).  SN 2005an is located at R.A. =
12h28m27s.35, Decl. = -24o38'02".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 0".2
east and 10".3 north of the nucleus of ESO 506-G11.  A KAIT image
taken on Jan. 20.36 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag
19.0).
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Host galaxy info: vel = 3302 km/s, 1.6 x 0.3, 15.12, S0

SN type info: II

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