[IAUC] CBET 1244: 20080208 : SUPERNOVA 2008aa IN UGC 7799

Vie Feb 8 21:40:21 ARST 2008

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1244
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SUPERNOVA 2008aa IN UGC 7799
     Further to CBET 1237, D. Madison, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University
of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova
on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008aa   Feb. 7.53   12 37 53.43  +34 01 36.0   18.9    25".5 W, 15".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008aa:  2002-2007 (a combined image from
numerous archival images), [20.3; 2008 Feb. 8.54 UT, 19.0.


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2008 February 8                  (CBET 1244)              Daniel W. E. Green