Electronic Telegram No. 766

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVAE 2006qq AND 2006qr

Further to IAUC 8779, R. R. Prasad and W. Li report the LOSS discovery
of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2006 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006qq   Nov. 30.37   5 19 50.43  -20 58 06.4   17.0    7".0 E, 4".2 S
2006qr   Nov. 30.50   8 38 01.15  - 9 49 06.1   17.9    2".1 W, 5".5 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2006qq in ESO 553-G36:  Oct. 27.40 UT,
[19.0; Dec. 1.38, 16.9.  Additional magnitudes for 2006qr in MCG -02-22-23:
Nov. 16.52, [19.0; Dec. 1.49, 17.9.  G. Folatelli, on behalf of the
Carnegie Supernova Project, also confirmed both supernovae on multiple
images taken with the Las Campanas Observatory 1-m Swope telescope around
Dec. 1.3.

Host galaxy info: vel = 8708 km/s; 1.2 x 0.3; 15.76; Sb:

SN type info: IIn

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