[IAUC] CBET 1279: 20080303 : SUPERNOVA 2008aw IN NGC 4939

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1279
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SUPERNOVA 2008aw IN NGC 4939
     Further to CBET 1276, D. Winslow, 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
 2008aw   Mar. 2.49   13 04 14.12  -10 19 12.3   15.9    3".4 W, 69".6 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008aw:  Feb. 11.54 UT, [18.3; Mar. 3.41, 15.8.


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2008 March 3                     (CBET 1279)              Daniel W. E. Green