Electronic Telegram No. 1805

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 2009ep AND 2009eq

Further to CBET 1799, X. Parisky, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two
apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009eq   May 11.37   13 52 10.64  +02 19 27.1   15.5    7".8 E, 2".5 S
 2009eq   May 11.49   18 40 08.30  +40 07 36.5   18.2    14".7 E, 39".0 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009eq in NGC 5329:  Apr. 23.38 UT, [17.0;
May 18.31, 16.0.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009eq in NGC 6686:
Apr. 26.51, [18.5; May 18.45, 17.5.

Host galaxy info: vel= 7096 km/s ; 0.8 x 0.7; 14.9

SN type info: Ia

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