Electronic Telegram No. 50
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2003iy AND 2003iz
     The discoveries of two apparent supernovae have been reported from
unfiltered CCD images:  2003iy in NGC 6143 by K. Itagaki (Teppo-cho,
Yamagata, Japan, 0.6-m reflector; via S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan) and
2003iz in UGC 638 by B. Beutler and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8229).

SN       2003 UT         R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2003iy   Oct. 20.387   16 21 43.22  +55 05 05.2   16.8   8" E, 4" S
2003iz   Oct. 21.4      1 02 06.75  +26 56 21.3   17.7  18" W, 46" S

Additional magnitudes by Itagaki for SN 2003iy (which was also absent on
his images of 2003 Oct. 6 and 9):  2002 June 28, [18.5; 2003 July 15,
[18.5; Oct. 22.364 UT, 16.9.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for SN 2003iz:
Oct. 4.4, [19.0; 14.4, 18.3; 22.4, 17.7.


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2003 October 22                   (CBET 50)               Daniel W. E. Green