[IAUC] CBET 1642: 20090103 : SUPERNOVA 2008iq

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                                                  Electronic Telegram No. 1642
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SUPERNOVA 2008iq
     Further to CBET 1607, W. Li, S. B. Cenko, 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
 2008iq   Dec. 30.48   10 39 26.86  + 5 05 24.2   18.2    1".9 W, 0".8 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008iq:  a combined image from 2008 Jan.-Mar.,
[20.5; Dec. 31.45 UT, 18.4; 2009 Jan. 1.49, 18.4.


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2009 January 3                   (CBET 1642)              Daniel W. E. Green