Electronic Telegram No. 1481

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 2008fc IN UGC 2883

Further to CBET 1473, D. Winslow, 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
2008fc   Aug. 25.51   3 52 12.91  - 1 30 30.9   16.6    17".8 W, 1".3 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fc in UGC 2883:  Feb. 8.15 UT, [18.5;
Aug. 26.49, 16.5.

Host galaxy info: vel = 4976 km/s; 1.2 x 1.1; 15.0 ; Sb

SN type info: II

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