Electronic Telegram No. 1238

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 2008U, 2008V, AND 2008W

Further to CBET 1215, D. Winslow, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of three apparent
supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN      2008 UT         R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.     Offset
2008U   Jan. 20.56    13 59 48.27  +40 22 51.6   18.4   5".0 E, 4".3 S
2008V   Feb.  6.21     4 29 31.30  -26 42 39.8   16.8   9".6 E, 8".2 N
2008W   Feb.  6.33     8 36 19.22  -20 16 52.5   17.5   7".9 W, 14".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008U in UGC 8917:  2007 July 2.23 UT, [19.6;
2008 Feb. 7.40, 18.8.  The offset for 2008U is relative to the eastern
component of the interacting galaxy pair.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for
2008V in NGC 1591:  Jan. 13.30, [18.8; Feb. 7.22, 16.8.  Additional KAIT
magnitudes for 2008W in MCG -03-22-7:  2007 Dec. 16.38, [18.7; 2008 Feb.
7.36, 17.5.

Host galaxy info: vel = 3730 km/s; 1.7 x 0.2; 15.1; Scd

SN type info: II

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