Electronic Telegram No. 1423

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 2008dt AND 2008du

Further to CBET 1419, 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
2008dt   June 30.33   16 56 30.56  +27 58 33.2   17.2    1".0 E, 5".5 S
2008du   June 30.35   22 56 11.84  + 3 55 35.4   18.3    8".2 W, 1".2 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dt in NGC 6261:  June 10.34 UT, [19.5;
16.34, 19.0; 17.33, 18.9.  SN 2007hu also occurred in NGC 6261.  Additional
KAIT magnitudes for 2008du in NGC 7422:  June 10.36, [19.5; 29.34, 18.4.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4810 km/s; 0.9 x 0.8; 14.18; SB(s)b:

SN type info: Ic

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