Electronic Telegram No. 1372

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 2008ch IN MCG -01-52-16

Further to CBET 1365, 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
2008ch   May 11.49   20 38 54.52  - 5 38 12.4   18.1    0".1 E, 11".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ch in MCG -01-52-16:  2007 Nov. 17.18 UT,
[19.3; 2008 May 13.48, 18.3.

Host galaxy info: vel = 3900 km/s; 2.6 x 0.6; 13.6g; (R')Sa:

SN type info: II

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