Circular No. 8733

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SUPERNOVAE 2006du, 2006dv, 2006dw

Three additional apparent supernovae have been discovered on
unfiltered CCD images:  2006du by P. Luckas, O. Trondal, and M.
Schwartz (0.35-m telescope, Perth; cf. IAUC 8713), 2006dv by T.
Puckett and M. Peoples (0.50-m reflector, Ellijay, GA; cf. IAUC
8716), and 2006dw by N. Lee and W. Li (via LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC
8732).

SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006du  July 18.9    0 05 12.26  -11 29 23.6  17.0  13".2 W, 45".6 N
2006dv  July 20.32  23 15 53.06  + 5 07 50.2  17.7  1".3 W, 6".9 N
2006dw  July 23.25  16 17 43.29  +34 57 55.1  15.8  3".5 W, 1".7 N

Additional magnitudes for 2006du in IC 1529:  1983 Oct. 1, [21.0
(Digitized Sky Survey); 2006 June 10.8 UT, [18.0 (Luckas); July
22.9, 16.7 (Luckas).  Additional magnitudes for 2006dv in UGC 12461:
2005 Aug. 9, [19.4; 2006 July 24.31, 17.5.  Additional magnitudes
for 2006dw:  July 12.24, [19.5; 16.26, 18.3.  The nucleus of the
apparent host galaxy of 2006dw is located 37" east and 142" south
of the center of NGC 6109.

Host galaxy info: vel = 8107 km/s, 0.3 x 0.3 ; 16.7

SN type info: Ia

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