Electronic Telegram No. 1452 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 2008ek IN IC 1181 Further to CBET 1451, J. Leja, W. Li, 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 2008ek July 28.24 16 05 33.17 +17 35 33.2 18.9 10".1 W, 3".8 S Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ek in IC 1181 (which is interacting with IC 1178): 2007 June-Aug., [20.8 (a combined unfiltered image); 2008 July 6.25 UT, [19.5; 20.23, [18.7; 29.25, 18.9. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2008 CBAT 2008 July 29 (CBET 1452) Daniel W. E. Green