Electronic Telegram No. 1303

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 2008be IN NGC 5671

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
2008be   Mar. 12.46   14 27 48.71  +69 41 50.8   18.5    34".7 E, 12".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008be in NGC 5671:  2007 July 26.20 UT,
[20.0; 2008 Feb. 15.48, 18.6 (marginal detection); Mar. 16.50, 18.4.

Host galaxy info: vel = 9016 km/s; 1.7 x 1.2; 14.10; SB(r)b

SN type info: IIn

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