Circular No. 8062

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SUPERNOVAE 2003X, 2003Y, AND 2003Z

      Three apparent new supernovae have been discovered on
unfiltered CCD images, as tabulated below.  SN 2003X was reported
by T. Boles (cf. IAUC 8059); SN 2003Y was found via LOTOSS/KAIT
(reported by B. Beutler and W. Li; cf. IAUC 8061); and SN 2003Z was
found by Y. L. Qiu and J. Y. Hu, Beijing Astronomical Observatory
(BAO), with the BAO 0.6-m telescope (forwarded by W. Li).

SN      2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.      Offset
2003X   Jan. 28.25  18 12 05.67  +29 09 17.3  17.0   1".3 E, 4".2 S
2003Y   Jan. 29.3    8 54 34.60  +57 10 19.8  17.4   3".7 W, 18".9 N
2003Z   Jan. 29.7    9 07 32.46  +60 29 17.5  16.7   8".4 W, 31".0 N

Additional approximate magnitude estimates:  SN 2003X in UGC 11151,
2002 Oct. 18 UT, [19.0 (Boles); 2003 Jan. 30.166, 17.0 (Boles);
30.529, 16.7 (Boles, from image by M. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR).
SN 2003Y in IC 522, 2002 Dec. 25.3, [19.0 (KAIT); 2003 Jan. 30.3,
17.2 (KAIT).  SN 2003Z in NGC 2742, Jan. 20.7, [18.1 (BAO); 30.4,
16.5 (KAIT).

Host galaxy info: Vel = 5079 km/s, 1.0 x 0.8, 13.97, S0

SN type info: Ia-pec

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