[IAUC] CBET 1488: 20080901 : SUPERNOVA 2008ff IN PGC 64319

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1488
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SUPERNOVA 2008ff IN PGC 64319
     T. G. Tan, Mt. Claremont, Western Australia, reports the discovery of
an apparent supernova (mag 15.5) on 20-s images obtained on Aug. 29.51 and
Sept. 1.52 UT with a Celestron C9.25 Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 reflector (+
0.63x reducer + Artemis ART-285 CCD camera + Schuler V filter; image scale
2" per pixel).  The new object is located at R.A. = 20h13m59s.96, Decl. =
-44d21'07".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 39" east and 1" south of the nucleus
of the galaxy PGC 64319 (ESO 284-32).  Nothing is visible at this position
on a U.K. Schmidt telescope image from 1995 May 31 (limiting red magnitude
about 18).


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2008 September 1                 (CBET 1488)              Daniel W. E. Green