Circular No. 8444

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SUPERNOVAE 2004gf, 2004gg, 2004gh, 2004gi

Four new apparent supernovae have been reported from
unfiltered CCD images, 2004gf by T. Boles (cf. IAUC 8437), and the
rest by M. Moore, K. Shimasaki, and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8443).

SN       2004 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2004gf   Nov. 20.872  21 57 52.39  +42 18 57.8   17.2   26".3 W, 35".6 N
2004gg   Nov. 16.50    9 46 49.10  +16 02 44.5   18.5   6".1 W, 10".7 N
2004gh   Nov. 16.55   10 24 31.55  -23 33 18.2   17.6   0".7 E, 7".5 S
2004gi   Nov. 17.57   10 39 23.34  -27 54 40.0   14.9   21".4 W, 4".8 N

Additional magnitudes from the respective discoverers:  SN 2004gf in
UGC 11864, 1989 July 9, [20.0 (blue, Digitized Sky Survey); Sept. 3,
[20.5 (red, Digitized Sky Survey); 2004 Oct. 4, [19.5; Nov. 21.871,
17.2.  SN 2004gg in UGC 5234, May 2.21 UT, [19.5; Nov. 22.58, 18.7.
SN 2004gh in MCG -04-25-6, May 4.20, [19.0; Nov. 22.56, 17.6. SN
2004gi in MCG -05-25-32, May 4.21, [19.5, Nov. 22.58, 15.1.  SN
2003W also appeared in UGC 5234, somewhat closer to the galaxy's
center.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6017 km/s, 1.6 x 1.1, 14.20, S(r)c

SN type info: II

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