Electronic Telegram No. 1440

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 2008ee IN NGC 307

Further to CBET 1437, J. Rex, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent
supernova in NGC 307 on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ee   July 16.48   0 56 32.96  - 1 46 16.0   15.5    5".8 E, 3".1 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ee:  Jan. 12.15 UT, [19.0; June 30.49, 14.6.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4010 km/s; 1.6 x 0.7; 13.75; S0:

SN type info: Ia

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