Electronic Telegram No. 1276

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 2008as IN ESO 567-G57

Further to CBET 1271, 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
2008as   Feb. 29.38   10 21 47.89 -19 29 42.0   16.9   3".0 W, 0".6 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008as:  Jan. 15.42 UT, [18.5; Feb. 7.39, 16.2;
Feb. 17.42, 16.7.

Host galaxy info: vel = 5932 km/s; 1.0 x 0.4; 15; SB(rl)0/a HII

SN type info: Ia

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