Circular No. 8527

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SUPERNOVAE 2005bi, 2005bu, AND 2005bz

Further to IAUC 8523, K. Shimasaki and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Apr. 29.51 (at mag 19.1) and May 12.44 UT (mag 19.0).  SN 2005bz
is located at R.A. = 18h13m01s.73, Decl. = +29o41'51".5 (equinox
2000.0), which is 1".0 east and 4".4 north of the nucleus of UGC
11162.  KAIT images taken on 2004 Aug. 19.31 (limiting mag 20.0)
and 2005 Apr. 22.50 (limiting mag 19.0) showed nothing at this
position.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4624 km/s, 1.5 x 0.8, 15.3, S

SN type info: II

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