[IAUC] CBET 1526: 20081005 : SUPERNOVA 2008ga

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1526
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVA 2008ga
     Further to CBET 1524, A. J. Drake, A. Mahabal, S. G. Djorgovski, 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 Catalina
Real-time Transient Survey (CRTS) discovery of an apparent supernova in
unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008ga   Sep. 24.44   4 45 24.00  +18 24 25.1   17.6    6".4 W, 40".0 S

Additional magnitudes for 2008ga:  Mar. 9.16 UT, [19.8; Oct. 4.28, 18.6
(Palomar 1.52-m reflector + Gunn r filter).  The host galaxy of 2008ga
(listed as "LCSB L0250N" by Monnier Ragaigne et al. 2003, A.Ap. 405, 99)
has z = 0.015 and 2MASS magnitudes J = 12.1, H = 11.3, and K = 11.3.


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2008 October 5                   (CBET 1526)              Daniel W. E. Green