Electronic Telegram No. 1642 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 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. NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2009 CBAT 2009 January 3 (CBET 1642) Daniel W. E. Green