Electronic Telegram No. 1341
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2008bu IN ESO 586-G2
     Further to CBET 1336, D. Madison, 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
 2008bu   Apr. 17.46   16 47 23.05  -20 08 48.2   17.7    19".8 W, 18".3 S

Additional KAIT magnitudes of 2008bu:  2007 July 16.20 UT, [19.3; 2008 Apr.
18.45, 17.8.


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2008 April 18                    (CBET 1341)              Daniel W. E. Green