Circular No. 8632

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SUPERNOVAE 2005kg, 2005kh, 2005ki, 2005kj, 2005kk

Five apparent supernovae have been reported from unfiltered
CCD images:  2005kj by the "Nearby Supernova Factory" collaboration
via Palomar NEAT frames (cf. CBET 296), and the rest by E. Lee, N.
J. Ponticello, and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8630).

SN      2005 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2005kg  Nov. 17.09  21 11 39.15  -23 10 20.0  17.0  1".6 W, 2".7 S
2005kh  Nov. 17.54  10 01 25.41  +15 46 49.4  18.7  7".6 W, 37" N
2005ki  Nov. 18.57  10 40 28.22  + 9 12 08.4  18.0  2".0 W, 71" N
2005kj  Nov. 17.5    8 40 09.18  - 5 36 02.2  16.3     --
2005kk  Nov. 17.50  10 39 40.02  +25 19 25.1  17.7  13".0 E, 4".0 N

Additional approximate KAIT magnitudes:  2005kg in MCG -04-50-7,
Oct. 22.12 UT, [19.0; Nov. 18.08, 17.2.  SN 2005kh in NGC 3094, May
13.20, [19.5; Nov. 18.50, 18.6.  SN 2005ki in NGC 3332, May 13.20,
[19.5; Nov. 19.58, 17.7.  2005kk in NGC 3323, Apr. 6.18, [19.5; Nov.
21.52, 17.7.  SNe 2005kg and 2005ki are type-Ia supernovae, while
2005kh is of type II and 2005kj is of type IIn (cf. CBETs 295, 296,
299).

Host galaxy info: vel = 2404 km/s, 2.0 x 1.4, 13.23, SB(s)a Sy2

SN type info: II

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