Circular No. 8143

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SUPERNOVAE 2003fb AND 2003fc

M. Papenkova and W. Li report the LOTOSS/KAIT discovery of two
additional apparent supernovae (cf. IAUC 8141):

SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.  Mag.      Offset
2003fb  June 5.5   20 11 50.33  + 5 45 37.6  18.6  14".5 E, 12".6 S
2003fc  June 5.5   20 08 22.08  -17 36 30.5  18.4  2".2 W, 7".4 N

Additional magnitudes:  SN 2003fb in UGC 11522, 2002 Nov. 13.3 UT,
[19.0; 2003 June 6.4, 18.6.  SN 2003fc, 2002 Oct. 20.3, [19.0; 2003
June 6.4, 18.3.  B. Schmidt and M. Salvo, Research School of
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University (ANU);
and A. Ford, Monash University, report that a low-signal-to-noise-
ratio spectrum (range 350-900 nm) of SN 2003fb, obtained on June
6.7 UT with the ANU 2.3-m telescope (+ DBS spectrograph), shows it
to be a type-II supernova, based on the presence of a developed
H_alpha P-Cyg line.

Host galaxy info: vel = 10400 km/s, 1.2 x 1.1, 15.5, SB(s)c

SN type info: Ic

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