Circular No. 8623

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SUPERNOVA 2005hg IN UGC 1394

Further to IAUC 8616, K. Shimasaki and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Oct. 25.27 (at mag 18.6) and 26.25 UT (mag 18.5).  SN 2005hg is
located at R.A. = 1h55m41s.87, Decl. = +46o47'47".4 (equinox
2000.0), which is 3".7 west and 19".6 south of the nucleus of UGC
1394.  KAIT images taken on Oct. 12.25 (limiting mag 20.0) and
20.24 (limiting mag 19.5) showed nothing at this position.  SN
2002gc also appeared in UGC 1394.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6388 km/s, 2.3 x 1.2, 14.3, Sa

SN type info: Icb-p

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