[IAUC] CBET 1516: 20080926 : NO SUPERNOVA 2008ft IN UGC 2866

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1516
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NO SUPERNOVA 2008ft IN UGC 2866
     Markku Nissinen and Veli-Pekka Hentunen withdraw their report of a
discovery of an apparent supernova in UGC 2866 (cf. CBET 1515), adding
that S. Mattila (Tuorla Observatory) and W. Li (Lick Observatory) both
find no new source at the position of 2008ft.


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2008 September 26                (CBET 1516)              Daniel W. E. Green