Electronic Telegram No. 1607

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 2008hx

Further to CBET 1600, S. B. Cenko, 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
2008hx   Dec. 3.53   10 13 00.82  +17 02 09.3   18.7    6".9 W, 6".3 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hx in NGC 3154:  a combined image from
Apr. 2 to May 17 UT, [20.1; Dec. 4.50, 18.9.  Li et al. also report
the following KAIT magnitudes for SN 2008hj (cf. CBETs 1579, 1583, 1585):
Oct. 25.22, [19.2; Nov. 17.22, 19.2 (limiting mag 19.8); Dec. 3.19, 17.1.
Their measured position for 2008hj is R.A. = 0h04m01s.92, Decl. =
-11o10'08".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".9 east and 19".2 north of the
center of MCG -02-1-14.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6599 km/s; ; 14.3p; S

SN type info: II

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