Electronic Telegram No. 1460

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 2008eq

Further to CBET 1457, 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
2008eq   Aug. 2.23   17 00 07.20  +23 07 56.6   18.7    6".0 E, 3".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008eq:  July 25.25 UT, [19.8; Aug. 3.24, 18.4.

Host galaxy info: vel =17039 km/s; 0.3 x 0.3; ;

SN type info: Ia

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