Electronic Telegram No. 1417

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 2008dq IN UGC 10214

Further to CBET 1413, J. Leja, 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
2008dq   June 25.30  16 06 03.11  +55 25 37.4   18.3    7".2 W, 6".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dq:  May 9.34 UT, [19.5; June 16.31,
[19.1; 26.32, 18.1.  SN 2007cu also appeared in UGC 10214.

Host galaxy info: vel = 9401 km/s; 3.6 x 0.8; 14.6g; SB(s)c pec

SN type info: Ic

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