Electronic Telegram No. 1813

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 2009et AND 2009eu

Further to CBET 1805, J. Rex, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, 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
 2009et   May 20.30   12 43 46.45  +10 46 23.8   19.3    11".2 E, 13".0 N
 2009eu   May 21.43   16 28 41.13  +39 33 12.5   19.5    32".7 E, 7".8 N

Additional unfiltered KAIT magnitudes for 2009et in IC 3704:  a co-added
image from 2008 Dec. 9 to 2009 Apr. 22, [20.5; 2009 May 21.29, 19.0.
Additional unfiltered KAIT magnitudes for 2009eu in NGC 6166:  a co-added
image from Apr. 5 to May 17, [21.0; May 26.43, 18.0; 27.40, 17.8.

Host galaxy info: vel= 8694 km/s ; 1.2 x 0.3; 14.83; Sbc

SN type info: II

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