Electronic Telegram No. 1394

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 2008ct, 2008cu, 2008cv

Further to CBET 1378, R. Mostardi, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of
three apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ct   May 31.48   22 02 24.48  +18 19 21.4   19.1    23".4 E, 14".0 N
2008cu   June 1.45   19 14 16.96  +53 43 50.5   18.7    11".5 W, 0".9 N
2008cv   June 2.46   21 04 55.31  -21 43 49.5   17.0     6".7 W, 0".1 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ct in UGC 11878:  combined image from
2007 Oct-Dec, [20.5; 2008 June 1.47 UT, 19.0.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for
2008cu in UGC 11419:  2007 Nov. 10.14, [20.0; 2008 June 3.44, 18.8.
Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008cv in ESO 598-G22:  2007 Nov 19.14,
[19.5; 2008 June 3.47, 17.1.

Host galaxy info: vel =10655 km/s; 1.0 x 0.5; 15.38; Sab

SN type info: IIn

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