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SUPERNOVAE 2006ha AND 2006hb

Further to IAUC 8755, N. Joubert and W. Li report the LOSS/KAIT
discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN      2006  UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006ha  Sept. 27.24  22 58 34.30 +15 10 25.8   18.4   0".6 W, 3".2 N
2006hb  Sept. 27.52   5 02 01.28 -21 07 55.1   15.7   8".6 E, 18".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2006ha in IC 1461:  Sept. 10.24 UT,
[19.0; Sept. 19.25, [19.2; Sept. 26.25, 18.9.  Additional KAIT
magnitudes for 2006hb in MCG -04-12-34:  Feb. 24.12, [19.0; Sept.
11.51, 18.0.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4600 km/s, 1.0 x 0.7 ; 13.92; E?

SN type info: Ia

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