Electronic Telegram No. 45
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2003im AND 2003in
     Further to IAUC 8207, W. Li reports the LOTOSS discovery of
two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2003 UT       R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.   Mag.     Offset
2003im   Sept. 30.4   5 44 59.28  - 8 53 11.5  17.4  1".6 E, 11".6 N
2003in   Sept. 30.5   3 35 33.31  + 5 03 52.7  17.8  2".9 W, 8".5 S

Additional LOTOSS magnitudes (K = KAIT image; T = Tenagra II image):
SN 2003im in a galaxy within Abell cluster 85, 2002 Dec. 28.1 UT,
[19.0 (T); Oct. 1.4, 17.3 (K).  SN 2003in in IC 1956, Jan. 23.1,
[19.5 (T); Oct. 1.5, 17.7 (K).


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                         (C) Copyright 2003 CBAT
2003 October 1                    (CBET 45)               Daniel W. E. Green