Circular No. 8707

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SUPERNOVAE 2006bq, 2006bu, 2006by, 2006bz, 2006ca

Three additional supernovae have been found in LOSS/KAIT images
(cf. IAUC 8705) by E. Lee, R. Chornock, J. Burket, M. Baek, and W.
Li:

SN      2006 UT     R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006by  May 3.31   13 26 09.12  +35 55 58.0  18.2  0".1 E, 5".7 S
2006bz  May 4.30   13 00 43.38  +27 57 41.8  17.5  7".0 E, 5".9 S
2006ca  May 4.49   18 22 54.15  +12 26 03.2  16.4  14".0 E, 17".3 N

Additional magnitudes for 2006by in NGC 5149:  Feb. 9.50 UT, [19.0;
May 4.31, 18.2.  Additional magnitudes for 2006bz in PGC 44809 (in
Abell Cluster 1656):  Jan. 13.46, [18.5; Feb. 5.43, [18.0; May 5.37,
17.1.  Additional magnitudes for 2006ca in UGC 11214:  2005 Oct.
5.19, [19.0; 2006 Apr. 14.53, [17.0; May 5.40, 16.1.  Additional
KAIT magnitudes for 2006bq (cf. IAUC 8705):  2005 Oct. 5.20, [19.5;
2006 May 4.52, 16.8; 5.40, 17.0.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5652 km/s, 1.5 x 0.9; 13.75; SBbc

SN type info: II

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