Circular No. 8641

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SUPERNOVA 2005lr IN ESO 492-G2

Further to IAUC 8634, M. Baek and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images.  SN
2005lr is located at R.A. = 7h11m39s.03, Decl. = -26o42'20".2
(equinox 2000.0), which is 18".8 west and 2".1 south of the nucleus
of the galaxy ESO 492-G2.  Available magnitudes:  2003 Oct. 29.45
UT, [19.5; 2005 Oct. 25.40, [19.0; Nov. 5.41, [18.5; Dec. 4.41,
18.5; 5.39, 18.5.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2591 km/s, 2.1 x 1.5, 12.97, SA(r)b

SN type info: Ic

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