Electronic Telegram No. 1419 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 SUPERNOVAE 2008ct, 2008dq, 2008dr, AND 2008ds Further to CBET 1413, J. Leja, D. Madison, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley (UCB), report the LOSS discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images: SN 2008 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2008dr June 28.42 22 10 51.67 + 2 06 29.6 16.8 1".3 W, 8".1 N 2008ds June 28.47 0 29 50.83 +31 23 33.9 15.5 33".6 W, 2".5 S Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008dr in NGC 7222: May 31.44 UT, [19.5; June 18.43, [18.5; 29.42, 16.7. Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ds in UGC 299: 2007 Nov. 19.22, [18.9; 2008 June 29.43, 15.4. J. M. Silverman, R. Mostardi, C. V. Griffith, R. Chornock, and A. V. Filippenko, UCB, report that inspection of CCD spectra (range 330-1000 nm), obtained on June 29 UT with the 3-m Shane reflector (+ Kast) at Lick Observatory, shows that 2008ct (CBET 1394) is probably a type-Ia supernova, 2-3 months after maximum brightness. SN 2008dq (CBET 1417) is a type-Ic supernova, similar to SN 1994I (Filippenko et al. 1995, Ap.J. 450, L11) about one week after maximum. SN 2008dr is a type-Ia supernova near maximum brightness; removing a host-galaxy recession velocity of 12426 km/s (Huchra et al. 1999, Ap.J. 121, 287), the minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm absorption feature is found to be blueshifted by about 15500 km/s. SN 2008ds is a peculiar type-Ia supernova similar to SN 1999aa (Garavini et al. 2004, A.J. 128, 387), roughly 1 week before maximum; removing a host-galaxy recession velocity of 6305 km/s (Falco et al. 1999, PASP 111, 438), the minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm absorption feature is found to be blueshifted by about 10600 km/s. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 June 30 (CBET 1419) Daniel W. E. Green