Circular No. 8594

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SUPERNOVAE 2005dp, 2005dq, 2005dr, 2005ds, 2005dt

Further to IAUC 8592, E. Lee and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18.5) on unfiltered
KAIT images taken on Sept. 1.36 and 2.35 UT.  SN 2005dt is located
at R.A. = 23h23m38s.32, Decl. = -19o00'24".5 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 2".6 west and 11".7 north of the nucleus of MCG -03-59-6.
KAIT images taken on 2004 Oct. 22.30 (limiting mag 19.5) and 2005
Aug. 14.31 (limiting mag 19.0) showed nothing at this position.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7677 km/s, 1.3 x 1.0, 15.08, (R'_2)SB(rs)b

SN type info: II

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