Electronic Telegram No. 1211

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVAE 2008J AND 2008K

Further to CBET 1210, P. Thrasher, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko report
the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images,
as tabulated below:

SN      2008 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.      Offset
2008J   Jan. 15.19    2 34 24.20  -10 50 38.5   15.4   4".8 W, 0".4 S
2008K   Jan. 15.54   11 38 10.54  -23 25 36.1   17.7   7".5 E, 6".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008J in MCG -02-7-33:  2007 Dec. 13.22 UT,
[19.0; 2008 Jan. 16.20, 15.4.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008K in
ESO 504-G5, 2007 Dec. 14.55, [18.5; 2008 Jan. 16.51, 18.0 (poor seeing).

Host galaxy info: vel = 4759 km/s; 2.9 x 1.0; 14.07; SBbc? HII

SN type info: IIn

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