Circular No. 8664

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SUPERNOVAE 2006Q, 2006R, 2006S

Three additional apparent supernovae have been reported:
2006Q by W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8662) and the others by T.
Puckett (cf. IAUC 8661; 2006R with A. Langoussis, and 2006S with R.
Gagliano).

SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006Q   Jan. 24.11   1 38 18.74  +35 21 54.5  17.2  2".5 E, 1".0 N
2006R   Jan. 26.47  16 23 20.82  +37 15 49.8  17.5  3".3 W, 19".3 N
2006S   Jan. 26.44  12 45 39.10  +35 05 12.4  17.0  4".7 E, 10".7 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes of 2006Q in NGC 634:  Jan. 13.11 UT,
[19.5; 25.13, 17.2.  SN 2006Q is probably a young type-II supernova
(cf. CBET 381).  Additional unfiltered CCD magnitudes of 2006R in
NGC 6142:  2005 Oct. 15, [19.6; Jan. 27.36, 17.5.  Additional
approximate CCD magnitudes of 2006S in UGC 7934:  2005 Dec. 23,
[19.8; 2006 Jan. 27.24, 17.0.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4925 km/s, 2.1 x 0.6, 13.89, Sa

SN type info: II

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