Electronic Telegram No. 1470

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 2008ex IN UGC 11428

Further to CBET 1469, W. Li and A. V. Filippenko report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008ex   Aug. 17.32   19 20 28.68  +30 49 42.0   17.8    1".4 E, 9".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ex in UGC 11428:  Aug. 14.31 UT, [19.2;
18.25, 17.7.

Host galaxy info: vel = 3945 km/s; 1.0 x 1.0; 14.5 ; Scd:

SN type info: II

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