[IAUC] CBET 1261: 20080215 : SUPERNOVA 2008al

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SUPERNOVA 2008al
     A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, M. J. Graham, A. Mahabal, and R. Williams,
California Institute of Technology; E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory; and
E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of
Arizona, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately
17.6) in four 30-s exposures of the Catalina Sky Survey obtained on Feb.
13.10 UT using the 0.7-m f/1.9 Schmidt telescope (+ 4000- x 4000-pixel camera).
The new object is located at R.A. = 2h46m07s.23, Decl. = -7o38'33".8
(equinox 2000.0) and appears associated with a galaxy catalogued by the
Sloan Digital Sky Survey (at position end figures 06s.79, 03".7, with z =
0.03 and magnitudes g about 15.2 and r about 14.4).  Prediscovery images of
2008al were located from Feb. 7.10, when the object was at V about 17.3, but
nothing is present at this position in images reaching mag about 20 taken on
(or before) Jan. 13.09; also, no object is seen at this location in co-added
archival Palomar Quest Survey and SDSS images reaching mag about 23.
Specific details and links to discovery images can be found at website URL
http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/feeds/ATEL/CSS/802130070154109278.html


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