[IAUC] CBET 1255: 20080213 : SUPERNOVA 2008ah IN PGC 32586

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1255
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SUPERNOVA 2008ah IN PGC 32586
     Further to CBET 1244, R. Mostardi, 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
2008ah   Feb. 11.45   10 51 48.45 +03 46 35.7   18.8   10".1 W, 10".4 S

Nothing is visible at the position of 2008ah on Digitized Sky Survey images
(limiting red mag 20.5).  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ah:  Jan. 20.47
UT, [19.5; Feb. 13.31, 18.4.


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2008 February 13                 (CBET 1255)              Daniel W. E. Green