Electronic Telegram No. 1341

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 2008bu IN ESO 586-G2

Further to CBET 1336, D. Madison, 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
2008bu   Apr. 17.46   16 47 23.05  -20 08 48.2   17.7    19".8 W, 18".3 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes of 2008bu:  2007 July 16.20 UT, [19.3; 2008 Apr.
18.45, 17.8.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6630 km/s; 1.7 x 0.5; 14.28; S

SN type info: II

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