[IAUC] CBET 1590: 20081128 : SUPERNOVA 2008ho IN NGC 922

Vie Nov 28 22:19:19 ARST 2008

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1590
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SUPERNOVA 2008ho IN NGC 922
     V. Stanishev, Centro Multidisciplinar de Astrofisica, Instituto
Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, reports that a spectrum of 2008ho (cf. CBET 1587),
obtained on Nov. 28.82 UT by H. Uthas with the Nordic Optical Telescope (+
ALFOSC), shows it to be a type-IIP supernova soon after explosion.


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2008 November 28                 (CBET 1590)              Daniel W. E. Green