2005IAUC.8569....1D

Several new apparent supernovae have been found on unfiltered CCD images: 2005cx by A. Dimai (Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, via the CROSS program, with the 0.5-m "Ullrich" telescope; cf. IAUC 7373), 2005cy by A. Sehgal, J. Newton, and T. Puckett (the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search, with Sehgal's 0.50-m telescope at Osoyoos, BC; cf. IAUC 8534), and 2005cz by K. Itagaki (Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan, 0.60-m f/5.7 reflector; via S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan). SN 2005 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2005cx July 15.05 1 58 54.79 +36 40 34.8 15.5 4" N 2005cy July 15.27 18 26 49.11 +51 08 30.4 17.9 7".0 W, 9".8 N 2005cz July 17.50 12 37 27.85 +74 11 24.5 16.0 12" E, 6" S Additional approximate magnitudes, from images by the respective discoverers unless otherwise noted: SN 2005cx in IC 178, 2004 Dec. 10, [18.5; 2005 Feb. 23, [18.5; July 16.01 UT, 15.4. SN 2005cy in UGC 11241, 2002 July 12, [20.0; 2004 Aug. 10, [20.0; July 16.17, 18.0 (D. George, Ottawa, Canada, 0.35-m reflector). SN 2005cz in NGC 4589, 2001 Nov. 25, [19; 2005 June 20, [18.5; July 18.23, 16 (Puckett; image taken by Sehgal). Dimai adds that nothing is visible at the location of 2005cx on Palomar Sky Survey red and blue plates. Itagaki adds that nothing is visible at the location of 2005cz on the Digitized Sky Survey. Puckett also provides the following position end figures for 2005cz: 28s.12, 24".7.