Circular No. 8550

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SUPERNOVAE 2005co AND 2005cp

Further to IAUC 8544, E. Lee, N. J. Ponticello, and W. Li
report the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered
KAIT images:

SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005co  June 20.48  23 30 53.58  - 2 56 18.4  17.3   1".1 E, 16".0 S
2005cp  June 21.49  23 59 30.88  +18 12 09.6  17.4   5".8 E, 2".2 S

Additional approximate magnitudes from KAIT images:  SN 2005co in
IC 1496, 2004 Dec. 12.16 UT, [19.5; 2005 June 21.47, 17.4.
SN 2005cp in UGC 12886, Jan. 6.16, [19.5; June 22.47, 17.3.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5162 km/s, 1.7 x 1.3, 14.52, (R)SB(rs)0/a

SN type info: Ia

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