Electronic Telegram No. 2095

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 2009mx AND 2009my

Further to CBET 2066, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and A. V. Filippenko report
the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2009mx   Dec. 24.43    9 20 37.72  +33 38 52.9   18.3    17".6 E, 9".8 S
 2009my   Dec. 24.54   11 10 46.38  +12 01 14.6   17.8    16".8 E, 16".1 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009mx in NGC 2839:  Nov. 15.56 UT, [19.4;
30.43, [19.0; Dec. 25.43, 18.1.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009my in
NGC 3559:  Apr. 22.24, [19.5; Nov. 20.58, 17.2; Dec. 6.57, 17.5; 25.51,
17.7.

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Host galaxy info: vel = 8252 km/s; 0.99 x 0.85; 14.4g; E?

SN type info: Ia

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