Electronic Telegram No. 1680

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

SUPERNOVA 2009P, 2009V, and 2009X

Further to CBET 1656, C. Griffith, S.B Cenko, W. Li, and A.V. Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:



KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2009V   Feb. 2. 36  10 12 48.72  +43 10 59.5   18.8    1".3 W, 2".1 S
2009X   Feb. 2.36   10 54 26.44  +59 02 13.1   17.1    3".7 W, 1".0 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009V:  a combined image from single
images taken during 2008 Nov.-2009 Jan., [19.8; 2009 Feb. 3.34 UT, 18.6.
Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009X in UGC 6019:  Jan. 8.37, [19.0, Feb.
3.36, 17.3.

Host galaxy info: vel= 2246 km/s ; 1.6 x 0.6; 13.6g; S0/a

SN type info:

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