Electronic Telegram No. 988

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 2007ct AND 2007cu

urther to IAUC 8851, N. Joubert and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2007 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2007ct   June 28.38   20 38 11.25  +06 53 52.4   18.1   0".0 E, 17".4 S
2007cu   June 27.30   16 06 00.65  +55 25 27.5   18.9   27".6 W, 4".0 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2007ct in NGC 6944A, June 11.43 UT,
[18.9; 21.43, 19.5: (a hint of the new object); 29.38, 18.0.
SN 2007cu in UGC 10214, June 23.33, [19.7; 29.28, 18.9.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4198 km/s, 1.0 x 0.7, 14.71, SB(rs)d pec:

SN type info: II

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