[IAUC] CBET 1211: 20080116 : SUPERNOVAE 2008J AND 2008K

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1211
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVAE 2008J AND 2008K
     Further to CBET 1210, P. Thrasher, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko report
the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images,
as tabulated below:

SN      2008 UT        R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.      Offset
2008J   Jan. 15.19    2 34 24.20  -10 50 38.5   15.4   4".8 W, 0".4 S
2008K   Jan. 15.54   11 38 10.54  -23 25 36.1   17.7   7".5 E, 6".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008J in MCG -02-7-33:  2007 Dec. 13.22 UT,
[19.0; 2008 Jan. 16.20, 15.4.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008K in
ESO 504-G5, 2007 Dec. 14.55, [18.5; 2008 Jan. 16.51, 18.0 (poor seeing).


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2008 January 16                  (CBET 1211)              Daniel W. E. Green