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SUPERNOVAE 2005bv AND 2005bw

šššš Two apparent supernovae
have been found on unfiltered CCD

images.š
SN 2005bv was reported by V. Lipunov, A. Krylov, V.

Kornilov, G. Borisov, D. Kuvshinov, A. Belinski, G.
Antipov, E.

Gorbovskoy, M. Kuznetsov, S.
Potanin,
N.
Tyurina, and V. Vladimirov,

Sternberg Astronomical Institute (MASTER
0.36-m robotic telescope;

scale 2".1/pixel).š SN 2005bw was reported by T. Puckett and
R.

Gagliano (cf. IAUC 8515; 0.60-m automated
supernova patrol

telescope).

SNššššš 2005 UTššššš R.A.š
(2000.0)š Decl.ššš
Mag.šššš
Offset

2005bvš
Apr.
20.94š 14 24 07.44š +26
17 50.3š 16.5šš 11" E, 9"
S

2005bwš
Apr.
28.25š 13 33 29.73š +33 02 27.8š 17.0šš
8".7 E, 4".8 S

Additional approximate magnitudes from the
respective discoverers:

SN
2005bv, 2004 May 7.92, [18.7; 2005 Apr. 28.9,
16.6-16.7.

SN
2005bw in UGC 8539, 2002 Apr. 16, [20.0; 2003 Mar. 10,
[20.0;

2005
Apr. 29.21, 17.0 (confirming image by T. Crowley, Chiefland,

FL, 0.30-m reflector).š SN 1999cf also appeared in UGC 8539
(cf.

IAUC 7178).

SUPERNOVAE 2005bf AND 2005bq

šššš G. Folatelli, N. Morrell, M. Hamuy, and C. Contreras,
Las

Campanas Observatory, report that an
optical spectrum (range

380-920 nm) of SN 2005bq (cf. IAUC 8515),
obtained in the course of

the Carnegie Supernova Project on Apr.
19.35 UT
with the Las

Campanas 2.5-m du Pont telescope (+ WFCCD spectrograph), reveals
it

to be a type-Ic
supernova.š The spectrum is similar to
that of SN

1983V at 38 days after maximum light,
although the Na I 589.3-nm

line is particularly strong in the case of SN
2005bq.

šššš
M. Hamuy,
C. Contreras, S. Gonzalez, and W.
Krzeminski,

Carnegie Supernova Project, report that the
type-Ic SN 2005bf
(cf.

IAUC
8507, 8509) is undergoing an unusual photometric
behavior,

brightening from u' = 18.69 on Apr. 7 to u'
= 17.90 on Apr. 13, and

declining to u' = 18.61 on Apr. 21, after
which it has been re-

brightening (reaching u' = 17.92 on Apr.
29).š Similar
photometric

behaviors have been observed in the g',
r', and i' bands,
although

the dip is less pronounced at longer
wavelengths.š On Apr.
29,
g'
=

16.91, r' = 16.71, and i' = 16.76.š The
light curves are posted at

http://csp1.lco.cl/~cspuser1/images/OPTICAL_LIGHT_CURVES/SN05bf.html.

Additional photometric and
spectroscopic observations are urged.

2005 April 29ššššššššššššššššš (8520)ššššššššššš Daniel W. E.
Green