Electronic Telegram No. 1322

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 2008bn IN NGC 4226

Further to CBET 1311, R. Mostardi, 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
2008bn   Mar. 31.42   12 16 25.42  +47 01 40.5   16.5    9".0 W, 9".5 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008bn in NGC 4226:  Mar. 18.44 UT, [18.5;
Apr. 2.40, 16.4.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7261 km/s; 1.3 x 0.6; 14.36; Sa pec

SN type info: II

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