Electronic Telegram No. 1456

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 2008el IN PGC 70567

Further to CBET 1452, J. Leja, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on
unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008el   July 30.40   23 08 49.06  +20 04 19.6   19.3    22".4 W, 7".9 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008el in PGC 70567:  2007 Sept.-Nov., [21.3
(a combined unfiltered image); 2008 July 14.44 UT, [19.2; 31.42 UT, 19.0.
Also, nothing is visible at this position on a Digitized Sky Survey image
(limiting red mag 21).

Host galaxy info: vel =10862 km/s; 0.6 x 0.6; 15.7 ; Sc

SN type info: II

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