Electronic Telegram No. 1271

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 2008an AND 2008aq

Further to CBET 1255, J. Chu, 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
2008aq   Feb. 27.44   12 50 30.42 -10 52 01.4   16.3   15".2 E, 45".2 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008aq in MCG -02-33-20:  Feb. 10.47 UT,
[19.1; 28.40, 16.2.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2390 km/s; 3.2 x 1.5; 14.17; Sb(s)m

SN type info: IIb

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