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Three apparent supernovae brighter than mag 20 have recently been reported. SN 2005ir was discovered independently by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) II collaboration (via multiple g, r, and i images taken with the SDSS 2.5-m telescope; communicated by J. Frieman, Fermilab and University of Chicago) and by R. Quimby, M. Sellers, and F. Castro (University of Texas; via unfiltered CCD images with the 0.45-m ROTSE-IIIb telescope at the McDonald Observatory); the tabulated data below are from Quimby et al. (position uncertainty ± 0".6). SN 2005kb was also found by the SDSS II group. SN 2005kc was reported by T. Puckett and G. Sostero (cf. IAUC 8615) via unfiltered CCD images with the 0.35-m automated supernova patrol telescope. SN 2005 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2005ir Nov. 3.11 1 16 43.76 + 0 47 40.4 18.5 1".7 W, 3".4 N 2005kb Nov. 5 0 50 50.68 + 0 51 13.0 18.1 13".7 W, 8".4 N 2005kc Nov. 9.04 22 34 07.34 + 5 34 06.3 18.2 7".6 E, 7".4 S Frieman et al. provide position end figures 43s.80, 40".6 for 2005ir; additional approximate magnitudes: Aug. 22 and 28, [18.9 (Quimby et al.); Oct. 28 UT, g = 21.1 (SDSS II); Nov. 6.14, 17.8 (Quimby et al.). Spectroscopy by both groups indicate that 2005ir is a type-Ia supernova with redshift z = 0.08, with peak brightness around now. Additional information on SN 2005ir can be found on CBET 277. SDSS magnitudes of 2005kb: Nov. 5, g = 18.1, r = 18.3, i = 18.5; Nov. 7, 18.0, 18.0, 18.3. A spectrum taken on Nov. 8 with the ARC 3.5-m telescope (+ DIS) shows SN 2005kb to be of type II; an earlier SDSS spectrum shows the host galaxy to be at redshift z = 0.0153 (cf. CBET 281). Additional approximate magnitudes for SN 2005kc in NGC 7311: Sept. 6 and 9, [20.0; Nov. 11.02, 18.0 (0.60-m reflector).