Circular No. 8621

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SUPERNOVAE 2005hc, 2005hd, 2005he

Three supernovae have been reported:  2005hc in MCG +00-6-3 by
J. Frieman (Fermilab and University of Chicago), on behalf of the
Sloan Digitial Sky Survey II collaboration; 2005hd by the "Nearby
Supernova Factory" collaboration; and 2005he in MCG +06-49-68 by D.
R. Madison and W. Li on unfiltered LOSS/KAIT images (cf. IAUC 8616).

SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005hc  Oct. 12      1 56 47.94  - 0 12 49.2  18.5  8".4 W, 3".9 S
2005hd  Oct. 21.5    4 16 12.37  -13 13 11.6  17.8     --
2005he  Oct. 24.23  22 39 45.44  +34 22 43.0  18.6  1".3 W, 5".5 S

SN 2005hc is a type-Ia supernova (details on CBETs 259 and 260).
SN 2005hd is a type-II supernova (details on CBET 263).  Additional
KAIT magnitudes for 2005he:  Sept. 29.24 UT, [19.5; Oct. 16.22,
[18.5; 25.22, 18.7.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7439 km/s, 0.7 x 0.7, 15.09, S?

SN type info: II

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