SN 2008hl

Electronic Telegram No. 1586

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 2008hl, 2008hm, AND 2008hn


Further to CBET 1555, A. Narla, P. Thrasher, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and
A. V.  Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of
three apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008hl   Nov. 20.20   23 00 40.35  + 8 27 55.5   18.8    7".0 W, 8".3 S
2008hm   Nov. 25.36    3 27 10.90  +46 56 39.6   17.5    0".7 E, 2".7 N
2008hn   Nov. 25.47    8 14 14.25  +21 21 37.9   18.4    1".0 E, 18".3 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hl in NGC 7451:  a combined image from
July 6 to Oct. 7 UT, [20.0; Oct. 30.18, [18.9; Nov. 22.16, 18.8; 23.19,
18.8.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hm in IRAS 03236+4656:  Nov. 17.37,
[19.2; 27.36, 17.2.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hn in NGC 2545:
Nov. 8.50, [19.6; 24.48, 19.0.

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Host galaxy info: vel = 6684 km/s; 1.0 x 0.5; 14.82; SBbc

SN type info: unknown

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