Electronic Telegram No. 1419

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, 2008dq, 2008dr, AND 2008ds

Further to CBET 1413, J. Leja, D. Madison, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley (UCB), report the LOSS discovery of
two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008dr   June 28.42   22 10 51.67  + 2 06 29.6   16.8    1".3 W, 8".1 N
2008ds   June 28.47    0 29 50.83  +31 23 33.9   15.5    33".6 W, 2".5 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dr in NGC 7222:  May 31.44 UT, [19.5;
June 18.43, [18.5; 29.42, 16.7.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ds in
UGC 299:  2007 Nov. 19.22, [18.9; 2008 June 29.43, 15.4.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6305 km/s; 1.3 x 0.7; 14.96; Sc

SN type info: Ia-91t

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