Circular No. 8396

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SUPERNOVAE 2004ea, 2004eb, AND 2004ec

Three apparent supernovae have been reported from their
appearance on unfiltered CCD images:  SNe 2004ea and 2004eb by S.
Park and W. Li (LOSS; cf. IAUC 8395), and SN 2004ec by T. Boles
(cf. IAUC 8392).

SN       2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2004ea   Aug. 29.51    4 16 13.20  -16 45 20.5   18.2   9".2 E, 20".3 S
2004eb   Aug. 29.15   17 28 24.30  +57 32 45.7   17.1   3".4 E, 0".9 N
2004ec   Aug. 29.949  17 08 04.96  +26 22 44.4   17.5   2".2 W, 0".8 N

Additional magnitudes from the respective discoverers:  SN 2004ea
in MCG -03-11-19, Feb. 13.26 UT, [20.0; Aug. 30.45, 18.3.  SN
2004eb in the eastern component of the interacting galaxy pair NGC
6387, Aug. 25.17, [19.0; 30.18, 17.0.  SN 2004ec in UGC 10717, May
27, [19.5; June 27, [19.5; Aug. 30.855, 17.3.  Boles adds that
nothing is visible at the location of SN 2004ec on Digitized Sky
Survey images form 1990 (blue) and 1996 (red).

Host galaxy info: vel = 8499 km/s, 0.34 x 0.24, 16.89, H II

SN type info: II

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