Electronic Telegram No. 1600

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 2008ht AND 2008hu

Further to CBET 1593, P. Thrasher, J. Leja, S. B. Cenko, 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
2008ht   Nov. 23.53   9 24 23.49  +28 17 43.2   17.2    7".8 E, 8".2 N
2008hu   Dec.  1.44   8 09 14.76  -18 39 13.1   18.6    4".8 W, 39".9 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ht in UGC 5002:  May 7.21 UT, [19.0;
Dec. 2.53, 18.1.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hu in ESO 561-G18:
a combined image from Oct. 28 to Nov. 22, [19.5; Dec. 2.50, 18.3.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6518 km/s; 1.0 x 0.6; 14.3g; Sa

SN type info: Ib

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