Circular No. 8611

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SUPERNOVAE 2005ds, 2005em, 2005er, 2005es, 2005et, 2005eu

Further to IAUC 8608, W. Li reports the LOSS discovery of an
apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on Oct. 4.37 (at
mag 17.9) and 5.36 UT (mag 17.6).  SN 2005eu is located at R.A. =
2h27m43s.26, Decl. = +28o10'36".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 0".9
west and 0".8 south of the nucleus of the a small, faint galaxy
that is near IC 226.  A KAIT image taken on Sept. 15.35 showed
nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.5).

Host galaxy info: vel (z=0.0349)

SN type info: Ia (possibly 91T-like).

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