Circular No. 8089

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SUPERNOVAE 2003bo, 2003bp, AND 2003bq

     Three apparent supernovae have been found on unfiltered CCD
     images -- SN 2003bo by W. M. Wood-Vasey et al. (cf. IAUC 8088;
     Palomar NEAT images), SN 2003bp by D. Hutchings and W. Li (LOTOSS,
     via KAIT images; cf. IAUC 8086), and SN 2003bq by T. Boles (cf.
     IAUC 8086).

     SN      2003 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.      Offset
     2003bo  Feb. 19.41   9 47 43.41  +36 18 21.8  19.6   8".4 W
     2003bp  Mar.  6.2    8 27 27.81  +17 17 14.5  17.8   17".6 E, 11".6 N
     2003bq  Mar.  6.95   6 42 50.12  +41 25 19.9  18.7   20".1 W, 4".3 N

     Additional approximate magnitudes from the respective discoverers
     (those denoted 'NEAT' are from Wood-Vasey):  SN 2002bo, 2002 Nov.
     24.52, [20.2; 2003 Mar. 3.28, 19.5.  SN 2002bp in NGC 2596, Feb.
     19.2, [19.0; 28.3, 18.2 (NEAT); Mar. 6.1, 17.8 (NEAT); 7.2, 17.8.
     SN 2003bq in UGC 3513, Feb. 17, [19.5; Mar. 7.791, 18.7.  SN 2003bq
     is also absent from Palomar Sky Survey red and blue plates.  SN
     1998fa also appeared in UGC 3513.

Host galaxy info: Vel = 5938 km/s, 1.5 x 0.6, 14.2, Sb

SN type info: Ibc

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