Circular No. 8201

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SUPERNOVAE 2003hz, 2003ia, 2003ib, 2003ic, 2003id

Further to IAUC 8199, D. Singer, B. Beutler, B. Swift, and W.
Li report the LOTOSS discovery of four apparent supernovae (2003hz,
2003ib, 2003ic, 2003id) on unfiltered KAIT images.  Also, H.
Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports the discovery by K. Itagaki,
Yamagata, Japan, of an apparent supernova (SN 2003ia in NGC 6109)
on unfiltered CCD images taken on Sept. 15.422 UT with a 0.60-m
reflector.

SN      2003 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2003hz  Sept. 14.5     5 48 07.86  +46 15 22.8  16.7  2".6 W, 1".6 N
2003ia  Sept. 15.422  16 17 41.17  +35 00 07.2  17.2  7".5 E, 8".2 S
2003ib  Sept. 16.2    20 33 30.98  -24 37 15.0  17.6  1".0 E, 10".4 N
2003ic  Sept. 16.4     0 41 50.23  - 9 18 19.0  17.6  2".1 W, 7".6 S
2003id  Sept. 16.5     2 21 35.70  - 5 31 51.0  16.7  11".3 W, 34".6 S

Additional approximate KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2003hz in PGC 17866,
Mar. 11.2, [19.5; Sept. 15.5, 16.8.  SN 2003ib in MCG -04-48-15,
Aug. 15.3, [18.5; Sept. 1.2, 19.0; 11.2, 17.9; 17.2, 17.5.  SN 
2003ic in MCG -02-2-86, Sept. 2.4, [19.0; 17.4, 17.6.  SN 2003id in
NGC 895, Sept. 7.5, [18.5; 17.5, 16.7.  Additional magnitudes by
Itagaki for SN 2003ia:  2002 June 2, [18.5; 5, [18.0; Sept. 16.411,
17.3.

Host galaxy info: vel =16690 km/s, 1.6 x 0.8, 13.50, cD;SB(r)0^0^ pec?

SN type info: Ia

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