Electronic Telegram No. 806

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 2007H

     Further to IAUC 8794, N. Joubert and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken on
Jan. 10.36 (at mag 17.7) and 14.37 UT (mag 17.9).  The new object is
located at R.A. = 8h35m01s.98, Decl. = -8o20'15".3 (equinox 2000.0),
which is 3".1 west and 2".5 south of the center of the apparent host
galaxy.  A KAIT image taken on 2006 Dec. 19.36 showed nothing at the
position of 2007H (limiting mag 19.0).

Host galaxy info: vel =12784 km/s; 0.4 x 0.2; 14.9

SN type info: Ia

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