Electronic Telegram No. 1437

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 2008ec IN NGC 7469

Further to CBET 1433, J. Rex, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University of
California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova in
NGC 7469 on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ec   July 14.45   23 03 16.56  +08 52 19.8   17.6    13".7 E, 7".4 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ec:  July 7.45 UT, [18.9; 15.42, 17.3.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4892 km/s; 1.5 x 1.1; 13.0 ; (R')SAB(rs)a Sy1.2

SN type info: Ia

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