Electronic Telegram No. 1473

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 2008ey IN IC 262

Further to CBET 1469, W. Li and A. V. Filippenko report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ey   Aug. 18.51   2 51 42.39  +42 49 51.5   18.1    10".1 W, 9".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ey in IC 262:  2007 Dec. 16.18 UT, [19.5;
2008 Aug. 20.49, 18.1.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5385 km/s; 1.6 x 1.4; 14.2 ; SB0

SN type info: Ia

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