[IAUC] CBET 1303: 20080316 : SUPERNOVA 2008be IN NGC 5671

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1303
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SUPERNOVA 2008be IN NGC 5671
     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
 2008be   Mar. 12.46   14 27 48.71  +69 41 50.8   18.5    34".7 E, 12".4 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008be in NGC 5671:  2007 July 26.20 UT,
[20.0; 2008 Feb. 15.48, 18.6 (marginal detection); Mar. 16.50, 18.4.


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2008 March 16                    (CBET 1303)              Daniel W. E. Green