Electronic Telegram No. 1553

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 2008go

Further to CBET 1541, C. Griffith, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, 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
2008go   Oct. 22.15   22 10 44.83  -20 47 17.2   18.8    11".6 E, 8".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008go:  a combined unfiltered image from
May-Sept., [20.5; Oct. 23.12 UT, 18.6.

Host galaxy info: vel =18710 km/s; 0.4 x 0.3; 16.83;

SN type info: Ia

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