[IAUC] CBET 1489: 20080901 : SUPERNOVA 2008fg IN NGC 1268

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1489
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SUPERNOVA 2008fg IN NGC 1268
     Further to CBET 1481, J. Leja, D. Winslow, 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
 2008fg   Aug. 30.51   3 18 44.10  +41 28 57.2   18.8    11".9 W, 22".8 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fg in NGC 1268:  a combined unfiltered
image from 2007 Oct.-Dec., [20.8; 2008 Aug. 31.51 UT, 18.9.  A. Dimai,
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, reports that F. Martinelli (Santa Maria a Monte,
Pisa) obtained two confirming CCD unfiltered images (limiting mag about
18.5) on Aug. 31.06 with a 0.35-m Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector, showing
2008fg at mag 18.2 with position end figures 44s.09, 57s.2 (offset 16"
west, 22" south).


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2008 September 1                 (CBET 1489)              Daniel W. E. Green