Electronic Telegram No. 1492

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 2008fh

Further to CBET 1481, J. Leja, D. Winslow, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of a variable object
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008fh   Aug. 30.50   3 20 18.64  +41 21 44.0   19.7    73".6 E, 16".4 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fh:  a combined unfiltered image from
2007 Oct.-Dec., [21.2; 2008 Aug. 31.51 UT, 19.8.  The variable source is
in Abell cluster 426 but is not obviously associated with any specific
member galaxy of the cluster.  The offset above is measured relative to
NGC 1282.  A finder chart for the new object is availble at the following
website URL:  http://astro.berkeley.edu/~bait/2008/sn2008-n1282.gif.

Host galaxy info: vel = 2139 km/s; 1.4 x 1.1; 13.87; E:

SN type info: Ia-bg

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