Circular No. 8541

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SUPERNOVA 2005ci IN NGC 5682

Further to IAUC 8534, D. R. Madison and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on June 10.31 (at mag 18.5) and 11.26 UT (mag 18.4).  SN 2005ci is
located at R.A. = 14h34m44s.88, Decl. = +48o40'19".8 (equinox
2000.0), which is 0".6 west and 6".1 north of the nucleus of NGC
5682.  KAIT images taken on May 27.30 (limiting mag about 19.5) and
June 2.31 (limiting mag about 19.0) showed nothing at this position.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2273 km/s, 2.1 x 0.5, 14.5, SB(s)b Sy1

SN type info: II

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