Circular No. 8493

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SUPERNOVA 2005ar

Further to IAUC 8492, J. Graham and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images.  The
new object is located at R.A. = 11h15m19s.03, Decl. = -3o46'18".5
(equinox 2000.0), which is 4".6 east and 5".6 north of the center
of the apparent host galaxy.  Available approximate magnitudes for
SN 2005ar:  Jan. 20.35 UT, [20.0; Feb. 10.35, [18.5; Mar. 10.37,
17.7; 11.36, 17.6.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7584 km/s, 0.6 x 0.4, 15.0, E+

SN type info: Ib

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