[IAUC] CBET 1372: 20080513 : SUPERNOVA 2008ch IN MCG -01-52-16

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SUPERNOVA 2008ch IN MCG -01-52-16
     Further to CBET 1365, 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
 2008ch   May 11.49   20 38 54.52  - 5 38 12.4   18.1    0".1 E, 11".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ch in MCG -01-52-16:  2007 Nov. 17.18 UT,
[19.3; 2008 May 13.48, 18.3.
     Note that the designation 2008ci (cf. CBET 1369) was inadvertently
given prior to that given here (initially the object reported on CBET
1370 was assigned 2008ch, internally, but this was not published).


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2008 May 13                      (CBET 1372)              Daniel W. E. Green