Electronic Telegram No. 2211

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 2010an AND 2010ao

 Further to CBET 2203, J. Rex, 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       2010 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2010an   Mar. 11.56   16 17 40.46  +35 00 10.1   17.0    1".3 W,  5".1 S
 2010ao   Mar. 18.46   13 43 40.99  +03 54 00.1   19.0    10".6 E, 12".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2010an in NGC 6109:  2009 Sept. 11.14 UT,
[18.4; 2010 Mar. 19.51, 17.0.  The type-Ia supernova 2003ia also appeared
in NGC 6109 (cf. IAUC 8201).  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2010ao in UGC
8686:  a co-added image from exposures taken 2009 Feb. 8-2010 Mar. 7, [20.1;
2010 Mar. 19.37, 18.7.

Host galaxy info: vel= 6849 km/s; 1.22 x 0.29; 15.7g; Sb

SN type info: Ia

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