[IAUC] CBET 1553: 20081023 : SUPERNOVA 2008go

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1553
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SUPERNOVA 2008go
     Further to CBET 1541, C. Griffith, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, and A. V.
Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of an
apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008go   Oct. 22.15   22 10 44.83  -20 47 17.2   18.8    11".6 E, 8".2 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008go:  a combined unfiltered image from
May-Sept., [20.5; Oct. 23.12 UT, 18.6.


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2008 October 23                  (CBET 1553)              Daniel W. E. Green