Electronic Telegram No. 1244

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

SUPERNOVA 2008aa IN UGC 7799

Further to CBET 1237, D. Madison, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008aa   Feb. 7.53   12 37 53.43  +34 01 36.0   18.9    25".5 W, 15".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008aa:  2002-2007 (a combined image from
numerous archival images), [20.3; 2008 Feb. 8.54 UT, 19.0.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6684 km/s; 1.4 x 0.3; 15.38; SB?

SN type info: II

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