Circular No. 8589

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SUPERNOVA 2005dm IN IC 219

Further to IAUC 8584, M. Baek and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Aug. 26.50 (mag 17.6) and 27.51 UT (mag 17.5).  SN 2005dm is
located at R.A. = 2h18m39s.25, Decl. = -6o54'10".8 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 7".0 east and 1".5 north of the nucleus of IC 219.  A KAIT
image taken on Feb. 2.16 showed nothing at this position (limiting
mag about 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel = 5048 km/s, 1.2 x 0.9, 14.44, E?

SN type info: Ia

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