SIMBAD references

P. Challis, on behalf of the ESSENCE project (cf. IAUC 8021), reports the discovery of eight supernovae, each present in at least two bands (V, R, I) taken with the Blanco 4-m telescope (+ 8K Mosaic II imager) at Cerro Tololo. The supernovae were identified via subtraction of images taken on Oct. 8-14 UT (when none of the new objects was visible, to limiting mag R about 23.5) from those taken on the tabulated discovery dates, with further confirming images taken on Dec. 8, 12, 14, and 16, and with spectroscopy obtained on Nov. 28-Dec. 8 by project members at the Gemini (+ GMOS), VLT (+ FORS1), and Magellan (+ LDSS2) telescopes. SN 2002 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. R z Type 2002jq Nov. 5 23 35 57.96 -10 05 56.8 21.9 0.5 Ia 2002jr Nov. 9 2 04 41.03 - 5 09 40.7 22.7 0.4 Ia 2002js Nov. 9 2 20 35.39 - 9 34 43.9 22.9 0.4 Ia 2002jt Nov. 28 0 13 36.70 -10 08 24.0 22.6 0.5 Ia 2002ju Dec. 2 2 20 11.00 - 9 04 37.5 21.6 0.3 Ia 2002jv Dec. 6 2 04 34.82 - 3 51 57.9 22.6 0.2 II 2002jw Dec. 6 2 30 00.52 - 8 36 22.4 22.8 0.4 Ia 2002jx Dec. 6 0 26 54.13 + 0 22 49.7 23.5 0.2 II