2006IAUC.8691....2M

Three new apparent supernovae have been reported from unfiltered CCD images: 2006ax and 2006ay by D. R. Madison, N. J. Ponticello, and W. Li (LOSS/KAIT; cf. IAUC 8680), and 2006az by J. Newton, L. Cox, and T. Puckett (0.35-m reflector at Portal, AZ; cf. IAUC 8664). SN 2006 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2006ax Mar. 20.37 11 24 03.46 -12 17 29.2 17.1 51" E, 18" N 2006ay Feb. 24.56 15 59 12.76 +20 44 27.9 19.0 12".2 E, 22".7 S 2006az Mar. 23.39 12 12 14.68 +56 10 45.8 17.1 1".7 E, 5".8 N Additional approximate magnitudes for 2006ax in NGC 3663: Feb. 10.39 UT, [18.5 (KAIT); Mar. 21.15, 16.5 (S. Gonzalez, Las Campanas Observatory, 1.0-m Swope telescope). N. Tokimasa, H. Naito, and H. Yamaoka report that low-resolution spectroscopy obtained on Mar. 21.7 shows 2006ax to be a type-Ia supernova a few days before maximum light (additional details given on CBET 437). The offset for 2006ay above is with respect to the nucleus of the southeast component of UGC 10116 (a group of six galaxies also known as 'Seyfert's Sextet'). Additional approximate magnitudes for 2006ay: 2002 July 7.30, [19.8; 2006 Feb. 10.56, [18.8; Mar. 21.26, 20 (V- band image taken by Gonzalez). Nothing is visible at the location of 2006ay on the Digitized Sky Survey (limiting red mag about 21; see also CBET 436). Additional magnitudes for 2006az in NGC 4172 from Puckett: Feb. 8, [19.0; Mar. 24.29, 16.3.