[IAUC] CBET 1555: 20081028 : SUPERNOVA 2008gp IN MCG +00-9-74

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SUPERNOVA 2008gp IN MCG +00-9-74
     Further to CBET 1553, P. Thrasher, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, 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
 2008gp   Oct. 27.42   3 23 00.73  + 1 21 42.8   18.4    10".9 E, 11".7 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008gp in MCG +00-9-74:  Oct. 20.39 UT,
[19.3; 28.41, 18.1.


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2008 October 28                  (CBET 1555)              Daniel W. E. Green