Electronic Telegram No. 1292

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 2008ay IN UGC 8050

Further to CBET 1280, J. Chu, 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
2008ay   Mar. 5.47   12 55 26.36  +52 16 15.5   19.5    14".5 E, 11".1 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ay:  2007 March-June, [20.8 (combined
image from frames taken during this time span); 2008 Feb. 11.53 UT, [18.6;
Mar. 6.45, 18.8.

Host galaxy info: vel =10389 km/s; 1.1 x 1.0; 14.4; SB(rs)bc

SN type info: Ib

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