Electronic Telegram No. 1539

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

SUPERNOVAE 2008gh AND 2008gi

Further to CBET 1517, J. Chu, J. Rex, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent
supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
2008gh   Oct. 11.55   7 40 56.55  +55 25 32.3   18.7    13".9 W, 4".6 S
2008gi   Oct. 12.41   2 44 00.33  + 5 25 42.8   17.5    1".2 W, 4".3 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008gh in UGC 3957:  a combined unfiltered
image from Jan.-Mar., [20.1; Oct. 12.55 UT, 18.8.  Additional KAIT
magnitudes for 2008gi:  Sept. 24.40, [19.4; Oct. 13.29, 17.5.

Host galaxy info: vel = 7328 km/s; 0.6 x 0.6; 14.8 ; Sc

SN type info: II

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