Circular No. 8386

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SUPERNOVAE 2004ds AND 2004dt

     Further to IAUC 8384, M. Moore and W. Li report the LOSS/KAIT
     discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

     SN       2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
     2004ds   Aug. 11.47   2 03 56.51  -23 18 50.6   16.8   2".0 W, 8".5 S
     2004dt   Aug. 11.48   2 02 12.77  - 0 05 51.5   16.1   7".0 E, 10".5 N

     Additional approximate KAIT magnitudes:  SN 2004ds in NGC 808, Jan.
     29.15 UT, [19.0; Aug. 5.48, 16.8.  SN 2004dt in NGC 799, Aug. 1.45,
     [18.0; 12.47, 15.9. 

Host galaxy info: vel = 4964 km/s, 1.2 x 0.6, 13.87, (R')SAB(rs)bc HII

SN type info: II

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