Electronic Telegram No. 1494

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

SUPERNOVAE 2008fj AND 2008fk

Further to CBET 1489, J. Leja, D. Winslow, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent
supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008fj   Sept. 1.20   17 12 49.86  +42 48 51.8   18.9    15".1 E, 2".1 S
2008fk   Sept. 2.47    2 34 05.06  +01 23 42.5   18.5    1".3 W, 2".6 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fj in UGC 10759:  a combined unfiltered
image from 2007 July-Sept., [20.8; 2008 Aug. 7.22 UT, [19.2; Sept. 2.19,
18.6.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fk:  Jan. 15.12, [19.8; Sept.
3.48, 18.4.

Host galaxy info: vel =21000 km/s; 0.3 x 0.1; 19.05;

SN type info: Ia

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