Electronic Telegram No. 1255

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 2008ah IN PGC 32586

Further to CBET 1244, R. Mostardi, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an
apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.     Mag.     Offset
2008ah   Feb. 11.45   10 51 48.45 +03 46 35.7   18.8   10".1 W, 10".4 S

Nothing is visible at the position of 2008ah on Digitized Sky Survey images
(limiting red mag 20.5).  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ah:  Jan. 20.47
UT, [19.5; Feb. 13.31, 18.4.

Host galaxy info: vel =20519 km/s; 0.7 x 0.5; 15.6

SN type info: Ia

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