Electronic Telegram No. 1413

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 2008dn AND 2008do

Further to CBET 1394, D. Madison, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent
supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008dn   June 19.48   22 11 41.95  +46 18 38.8   19.2    30".8 E, 4".2 N
2008do   June 20.23   13 05 13.48  +31 59 35.4   18.4    9".1 W, 23".7 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dn in UGC 11946:  a combined image
from 2007 Oct.-Dec, [20.5; 2008 June 10.47 UT, 19.1.  Digitized Sky Survey
images show nothing at the position of 2008dn (limiting mag about 20.5).
Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008do in UGC 8179:  May 30.24, [19.6; June
10.22, [18.8; 21.28 UT, 18.1.  The type-Ia supernova 1988K also appeared in
UGC 8179.

Host galaxy info: vel =15521 km/s; 1.5 x 0.6; 14.64; Sb

SN type info: II

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