Circular No. 8661

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SUPERNOVAE 2006H, 2006I, 2006J, 2006K, 2006L, 2006M, 2006N

Six apparent supernovae have been found on unfiltered CCD
images:  2006I by T. Puckett and T. Crowley (cf. IAUC 8660), 2006J
by N. J. Ponticello and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8660), 2006N by
M. Armstrong (cf. IAUC 8643), and the rest by the "Nearby Supernova
Factory" (NSF) collaboration (via NEAT images, Palomar 1.2-m
telescope; cf. CBET 374).

SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006I   Jan. 19.42  10 59 30.03  +75 11 34.0  18.1  5".1 W, 4".9 N
2006J   Jan. 20.09   0 20 20.15  + 7 42 07.0  18.3  0".5 E, 4".7 N
2006K   Jan. 17.5   11 29 46.26  -17 25 17.8  18.6     --
2006L   Jan. 17.6   13 07 11.76  +28 38 46.2  19.9     --
2006M   Jan. 17.6   13 27 19.76  +31 47 14.5  18.5     --
2006N   Jan. 21.02   6 08 31.24  +64 43 25.1  15.0  0".4 E, 0".1 N

Additional magnitudes of 2006I in NGC 3465:  Jan. 8.46 UT, [19.2;
20.42, 18.0.  SN 2004bc also appeared in NGC 3465 (IAUC 8315).
Additional KAIT magnitudes of 2006J in IC 13:  2005 Oct. 29.15,
[19.5; Dec. 17.17, [18.5; 2006 Jan. 21.09, 18.3.  Additional
magnitudes of 2006N in MCG +11-8-12:  2004 Aug. 26, [19.5; 21.738,
15.0.  Nothing was visible at the location of 2006N on Palomar Sky
Survey images from 1996 (limiting red mag 20.8) and 1993 (limiting
blue mag 22.5).

Host galaxy info: vel = 5711 km/s, 1.4 x 0.5, 14.73, Sbc

SN type info: II

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