Electronic Telegram No. 1279

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 2008aw IN NGC 4939

Further to CBET 1276, D. Winslow, 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
2008aw   Mar. 2.49   13 04 14.12  -10 19 12.3   15.9    3".4 W, 69".6 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008aw:  Feb. 11.54 UT, [18.3; Mar. 3.41, 15.8.

Host galaxy info: vel = 3110 km/s; 5.5 x 2.8; 11.9; SA(s)bc Sy2

SN type info: II

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