Circular No. 8492

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SUPERNOVAE 2005ao, 2005ap, 2005aq

Three supernovae have been found on unfiltered CCD images:
2005ao by T. Puckett and T. Crowley (cf. IAUC 8488; 0.50-m
automated supernova patrol telescope); 2005ap by R. Quimby, P.
Mondol, P. Hoeflich, J. C. Wheeler (all at the University of Texas),
and C. Gerardy (Imperial College) using the 0.45-m ROTSE-IIIb
telescope at McDonald Observatory; and 2005aq by J. Graham and W.
Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8484).

SN      2005 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005ao  Mar.  7.43   17 44 49.64  +61 54 28.1   16.7   5".3 E, 10".9 S
2005ap  Mar.  3.30   13 01 14.84  +27 43 31.4   18.5   3".5 W, 3".4 N
2005aq  Mar.  7.13    4 31 38.82  - 4 35 06.8   17.3   1".7 E, 10".8 N

Approximate unfiltered CCD magnitudes, by the respective
discoverers unless otherwise noted:  SN 2005ao in NGC 6462, 2002
Feb. 13 UT, [20.0 (Puckett); 2003 Apr. 2, [20.0 (Puckett); 2005
Mar. 8.02, 16.6 (G. Sostero, Remanzacco, Italy).  SN 2005ap, 2004
Dec. 15, [18.8; 2005 Jan. 14, [18.8; Mar. 4.29, 18.5.  SN 2005aq in
NGC 1599, Feb. 2.16, [18.0; Mar. 8.12, 17.2.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4042 km/s, 0.9 x 0.8, 14.06, SB(s)c pec:

SN type info: IIn

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