Electronic Telegram No. 1823

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 2009fk AND 2009fl

Further to CBET 1813, J. Rex, 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
 2009fk   May 29.48   22 44 23.90  - 0 09 42.0   18.5    6".7 W, 1".5 N
 2009fl   May 30.44   16 25 10.10  +40 53 20.8   17.7    2".3 W, 13".2 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009fk in NGC 7364:  a combined unfiltered
image from 2008 Nov. to Dec., [20.5; May 30.47 UT, 18.5.  SN 2006lc also
appeared in NGC 7364 (cf. IAUC 8766).  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2009fl
in NGC 6146:  May 21.45, [19.5; 25.43, 18.5; 31.40, 17.6.

Host galaxy info: vel= 4865 km/s ; 1.50 x 0.95; 13.4g; S0/a pec

SN type info: Ia

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