Electronic Telegram No. 1292 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html SUPERNOVA 2008ay IN UGC 8050 Further to CBET 1280, J. Chu, W. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images: SN 2008 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2008ay Mar. 5.47 12 55 26.36 +52 16 15.5 19.5 14".5 E, 11".1 N Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ay: 2007 March-June, [20.8 (combined image from frames taken during this time span); 2008 Feb. 11.53 UT, [18.6; Mar. 6.45, 18.8. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 March 8 (CBET 1292) Daniel W. E. Green