Circular No. 8182

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SUPERNOVAE 2003he AND 2003hf

Further to IAUC 8179, J. Graham, H. Pugh, and W. Li report the
LOTOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT
images:

SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2003he  Aug. 11.4   23 58 57.05  - 2 14 53.1  18.7  2".5 W, 6".1 N
2003hf  Aug. 14.2   16 50 48.38  +45 24 01.8  18.4  1".7 W, 6".1 S

Additional approximate KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2003he in MCG -01-1-10,
Aug. 6.4 UT, [19.5; 12.4, 18.1.  SN 2003hf in UGC 10586, Aug. 10.2,
[19.5; 15.2, 17.7.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7649 km/s, 1.5 x 0.6, 15.21, SB(s)bc:

SN type info: Ia

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