[IAUC] CBET 1523: 20081002 : SUPERNOVAE 2008fx AND 2008fy

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1523
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SUPERNOVAE 2008fx AND 2008fy
     A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R.
Williams, California Institute of Technology; E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson,
and R. Hill, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E.
Christensen, Gemini Observatory, report the discovery in the course of the
Catalina Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) of two apparent supernovae
detected in multiple sequences of unfiltered CCD exposures taken with the
0.7-m f/1.9 Catalina Schmidt telescope (+ 4000x4000 camera):

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008fx   Sep. 23.32    2 11 33.98  +23 52 49.6   17.7   23".1 E, 17".8 S
 2008fy   Sep. 30.38    2 24 08.86  +26 40 10.3   19.2    0".6 W, 18".3 N

Additional magnitudes for 2008fx, obtained with the Palomar 1.52-m
reflector (+ Gunn r filter) unless noted otherwise:  Jan. 11.14, [20.5
(CRTS); Sept. 25.19, 17.9; 26.19, 17.9; 27.19, 17.8; 28.18, 17.8.  The
host galaxy of 2008fx (2MASX J02113233+2353074) has 2MASS magnitudes
J = 14.4, H = 13.4, and K = 13.1.  Additional CRTS magnitudes for 2008fy:
Mar. 10.11 UT, [20.0; Sept. 23.43, 19.4.


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2008 October 2                   (CBET 1523)              Daniel W. E. Green