[IAUC] CBET 1292: 20080308 : SUPERNOVA 2008ay IN UGC 8050

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1292
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SUPERNOVA 2008ay IN UGC 8050
     Further to CBET 1280, J. Chu, 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
 2008ay   Mar. 5.47   12 55 26.36  +52 16 15.5   19.5    14".5 E, 11".1 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ay:  2007 March-June, [20.8 (combined
image from frames taken during this time span); 2008 Feb. 11.53 UT, [18.6;
Mar. 6.45, 18.8.


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2008 March 8                     (CBET 1292)              Daniel W. E. Green