Electronic Telegram No. 206
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2005do IN UGC 2495
     Further to IAUC 8589, E. Lee and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Aug. 8.50 (at mag 17.4), 11.47 (mag 17.6), 22.51 (mag 18.1),
and 23.46 UT (mag 18.2).  SN 2005do is located at R.A. = 3h02m00s.42,
Decl. = +41 34'34".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 70".4 west and
62".0 south of the nucleus of UGC 2495.  A KAIT image taken on 2004
Jan. 30.16 showed nothing at this position (limiting mag about 19.0).
      F. J. D. Serduke, A. Blum, J. Scala, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a CCD
spectrum (range 330-1000 nm), obtained on Aug. 26 UT with the Shane
3-m telescope at Lick Observatory, shows that 2005do is a supernova
of type Ia, about 1 to 2 months past maximum brightness.


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2005 August 29                   (CBET 206)               Daniel W. E. Green