2002IAUC.8034....2C

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