Electronic Telegram No. 1307

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 2008bf IN NGC 4055/4057

Further to CBET 1303, X. Parisky, 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
2008bf   Mar. 18.41   12 04 02.90  +20 14 42.6   16.8    20".1 E, 46".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008bf, which is located in between the
interacting galaxy pair NGC 4055 and NGC 4057 (the above offset is relative
to NGC 4055):  Mar. 4.42 UT, [18.9; 19.42, 16.6.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7203 km/s; 1.2 x 0.9; 14.12; E:

SN type info: Ia

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