Circular No. 8705

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SUPERNOVAE 2006bq-2006bx

Eight additional apparent supernovae have been found on
unfiltered CCD images:  2006bq, 2006br, and 2006bv by T. Puckett
(cf. IAUC 8699; with A. Pelloni for 2006bq, G. Sostero for 2006br,
and with A. Sehgal and R. Gagliano for 2006bv); 2006bs by P. Luckas,
O. Trondal, and M. Schwartz (cf. IAUC 8687); 2006bt, 2006bw, and
2006bx by W. Li (cf. IAUC 8693; 2006bt with E. Lee, 2006bw with M.
Baek, and 2006bx with D. R. Madison); and 2006bu by R. Holmes, H.
Devore, and B. Graves (cf. IAUC 8697).

SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006bq  Apr. 23.34  18 39 58.88  +39 58 56.8  15.8  2".9 E, 2".0 N
2006br  Apr. 25.23  13 30 01.80  +13 24 56.8  17.8  6".7 W, 1".1 S
2006bs  Apr. 19.51  10 26 53.61  - 3 42 51.0  17.7  10".5 E, 3".9 S
2006bt  Apr. 26.48  15 56 30.53  +20 02 45.6  17.5  44".4 W, 22".9 S
2006bu  Apr. 27.28  13 52 47.81  + 5 18 49.4  18.1  21".8 E, 1".4 S
2006bv  Apr. 28.36  12 41 01.55  +63 31 11.6  17.8  28".4 E, 0".6 S
2006bw  Apr. 27.38  14 33 56.73  + 3 47 55.8  16.6  18".8 W, 5".7 N
2006bx  May   1.26  10 05 14.16  +21 28 32.0  18.1  8".5 E, 70".8 N

Additional magnitudes for 2006bq in NGC 6685:  2005 Aug. 8, [19.7
(Puckett); 2006 Apr. 24.461 UT, 15.7 (A. Sehgal, Osoyoos, BC).  SN
2006bq is a type-Ia supernova (just past maximum on Apr. 25.49; cf.
CBET 481).  Additional magnitudes for 2006br in NGC 5185:  Apr. 15,
[19.8 (Puckett); 25.99, 17.5 (G. Sostero, Remanzacco, Italy).  SN
2006br is a type-Ia supernova (about 1 week before maximum on Apr.
27.36; cf. CBET 487).  Additional magnitudes for 2006bs in MCG
+00-27-14:  Apr. 3.51, [18.0; 26.48, 17.5.  SN 2006bs is a type-II
supernova (about 2-3 weeks past maximum on Apr. 27.18; cf. CBETs
484, 487).  Additional magnitudes for 2006bt:  Feb. 24.51, [19.0;
Apr. 27.36, 17.4.  SN 2006bt is a type-Ia supernova (near maximum
on Apr. 27; cf. CBET 485).  Additional magnitudes for 2006bu:  1950
Apr. 19, [21.0 (Palomar Sky Survey, red); 1995 Jan. 31, [22.0 (PSS,
red); 2006 Feb. 26.33, [20.3 (Holmes); Apr. 28.29, 18.1.
Additional magnitudes for 2006bv in UGC 7848:  Apr. 5, [19.5; 29.08,
17.8.  SN 2006bv is a type-IIn supernova (near maximum on Apr.
30.14; cf. CBET 494).  Additional magnitudes for 2006bw:  Mar.
23.41, [18.0; May 1.40, 16.6.  SN 2006bw is a type-Ia supernova
(about 6 days past maximum on May 2.31; cf. CBET 499).  Additional
magnitudes for 2006bx in UGC 5434:  Feb. 23.38, [19.5; May 2.22,
18.1.  SN 2006bx is a type-II supernova (about 2-3 weeks past
explosion on May 3.18; cf. CBET 500).

Host galaxy info: vel = 8994 km/s, 0.33 x 0.16; 17.3

SN type info: Ia

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