SIMBAD references

R. Covarrubias, University of Washington, on behalf of the ESSENCE project (cf. IAUC 8021, 8034), reports the discovery of additional supernovae on multiple R- and I-band images taken at the Blanco 4-m telescope during Oct. 18-31 by project members (plus A. Alda and J. L. Prieto). Spectroscopy was obtained on Oct. 22-31 by P. Berlind, S. Blondin, B. Leibundgut, and T. Matheson with the Very Large Telescope, Gemini telescope, and Mt. Hopkins 1.52-m reflector. The table includes the measured redshift and the estimated age (in days) at the specified discovery date.