Electronic Telegram No. 1311

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 2008bh IN NGC 2642

An apparent supernova has been discovered independently on unfiltered
CCD images by two groups:  by A. Narla, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley (LOSS/KAIT; cf. CBET 1303); and by
G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P.
Lopez, S. Silva, and G. Folatelli, Universidad de Chile, together with D.
Reichart, K. Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (CHASE project, 0.41-m "PROMPT 5"
telescope located at Cerro Tololo; cf. CBET 1301).

2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.     Offset           Observers
Mar. 23.16   8 40 46.15  -04 07 09.3   16.3   26".2 E, 8".7 N    Pignata et al.
Mar. 23.20   8 40 46.15  -04 07 09.4   17.5   26".4 E, 9".1 N    Narla et al.

Additional magnitudes for 2008bh in NGC 2642:  Feb. 16.22 UT, [19.0 (KAIT);
23.11, [17.5; (CHASE); Mar. 13.07, [17.5 (CHASE); 24.02, 16.3 +/- 0.5 (CHASE);
24.19, 17.4 (KAIT).

Host galaxy info: vel = 4345 km/s; 2.0 x 1.9; 13.35; SB(r)bc HII

SN type info: II

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