[IAUC] CBET 1494: 20080904 : SUPERNOVAE 2008fj AND 2008fk

Mie Sep 3 22:59:18 ART 2008

                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1494
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
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SUPERNOVAE 2008fj AND 2008fk
     Further to CBET 1489, J. Leja, D. Winslow, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two apparent
supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008fj   Sept. 1.20   17 12 49.86  +42 48 51.8   18.9    15".1 E, 2".1 S
 2008fk   Sept. 2.47    2 34 05.06  +01 23 42.5   18.5    1".3 W, 2".6 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fj in UGC 10759:  a combined unfiltered
image from 2007 July-Sept., [20.8; 2008 Aug. 7.22 UT, [19.2; Sept. 2.19,
18.6.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008fk:  Jan. 15.12, [19.8; Sept.
3.48, 18.4.


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2008 September 4                 (CBET 1494)              Daniel W. E. Green