Electronic Telegram No. 1452

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 2008ek IN IC 1181

Further to CBET 1451, J. Leja, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on
unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ek   July 28.24   16 05 33.17  +17 35 33.2   18.9    10".1 W, 3".8 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ek in IC 1181 (which is interacting with
IC 1178):  2007 June-Aug., [20.8 (a combined unfiltered image); 2008 July
6.25 UT, [19.5; 20.23, [18.7; 29.25, 18.9.

Host galaxy info: vel = 9913 km/s; 0.8 x 0.7; 15.88; SAB(rs)0/a

SN type info: Ia-bg

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