Circular No. 8744

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SUPERNOVAE 2006ep, 2006eq, 2006er

Several new apparent supernovae have been reported:  2006ep
independently on unfiltered CCD images by N. Joubert and W. Li
(LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8741; tabulated data below from KAIT) and by
K. Itagaki (cf. IAUC 8711; via S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan); and
2006eq and 2006er on g-, r-, and i-band images by J. Frieman (on
behalf of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II collaboration; details
given on CBET 611; approximate g magnitudes tabulated below).

SN      2006 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2006ep  Aug. 30.35   0 41 24.88  +25 29 46.7  17.8  43" W, 11".3 S
2006eq  Aug. 26     21 28 37.13  + 1 13 41.2  18.7  7" W, 7" S
2006er  Aug. 26      0 21 37.54  - 1 00 35.9  19.5  5" W, 2" N

Additional magnitudes for 2006ep in NGC 214:  Aug. 21.6 UT, [19
(Itagaki); 25.37, [19.2 (KAIT); 26.64, [19 (Itagaki); 30.637, 18.1
(Itagaki); 31.60, 17.8 (Itagaki).  Itagaki's position end figures
for 2006ep are 24s.88, 46".5.  SN 2006ep is a type-Ib/c supernova
(cf. CBET 612, 614), now near maximum.  SN 2006eq is of type Ia,
now within a week after maximum (cf. CBET 612).

Host galaxy info: vel = 4534 km/s, 1.9 x 1.4 ; 12.97; SAB(r)c

SN type info: Ibc

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