Electronic Telegram No. 1647

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVAE 2009C AND 2009D

Further to CBET 1607, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on
unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2009 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2009C   Jan. 2.15   23 13 42.84  +49 40 47.2   17.8    11".0 W, 11".1 N
2009D   Jan. 2.31    3 54 22.83  -19 10 54.2   16.5    26".1 W, 30".9 N

Limiting KAIT magnitudes for 2009C in UGC 12433:  2008 Nov. 22.22 UT, [19.1;
Dec. 5.15, [18.4.  Limiting KAIT magnitudes for 2009D in MCG -03-10-52:
2008 Nov. 18.32, [19.1; Dec. 12.28, [17.3

Host galaxy info: ; 1.8 x 1.8; SB0/a

SN type info: IIb

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