Electronic Telegram No. 1426

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 2008dw IN UGC 8932

Further to CBET 1423, D. Madison, 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
2008dw   July 2.24   14 00 56.27  +41 00 29.0   17.2    1".1 W, 2".3 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dw:  June 27.24 UT, [19.0; July 3.23,
17.5.  Note that UGC 8932 is interacting with the galaxy NGC 5410.

Host galaxy info: vel = 3728 km/s; 0.8 x 0.4; 15.7g; Im?

SN type info: II

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