Electronic Telegram No. 40
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2003hg AND 2003hh
     Further to IAUC 8182, M. Moore and W. Li report the LOTOSS
discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN      2003 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.     Mag.     Offset
2003hg  Aug. 18.4   23 51 24.13  +20 06 38.3   16.9   11".5 W, 3".9 S
2003hh  Aug. 18.5   00 00 07.08  +08 16 42.3   18.7   0".4 E, 2".9 S

Additional KAIT photometry:  SN 2003hg in NGC 7771, Aug. 9.4 UT,
[19.0; 19.4, 16.9.  SN 2003hh in UGC 12890, Aug. 8.5, [19.5; 19.4, 18.1.


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                         (C) Copyright 2003 CBAT
2003 August 19                    (CBET 40)               Daniel W. E. Green