SN 2005ct

Circular No. 8557

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SUPERNOVAE 2005cp AND 2005ct

Further to IAUC 8550, J. Graham and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.3) on unfiltered KAIT
images taken on July 1.49 and 2.47 UT.  SN 2005ct is located at
R.A. = 0h39m40s.50, Decl. = -14o14'16".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is
3".0 west and 2".3 south of the center of NGC 207.  A KAIT image
taken on Jan. 20.19 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag
about 19.5).
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Host galaxy info: vel = 3987 km/s, 0.6 x 0.3, 14.59

SN type info: Ic

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