Electronic Telegram No. 1600
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2008ht AND 2008hu
     Further to CBET 1593, P. Thrasher, J. Leja, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A.
V. Filippenko, University of California, report the LOSS discovery of two
apparent supernovae on unfiltered KAIT images:

 SN       2008 UT       R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2008ht   Nov. 23.53   9 24 23.49  +28 17 43.2   17.2    7".8 E, 8".2 N
 2008hu   Dec.  1.44   8 09 14.76  -18 39 13.1   18.6    4".8 W, 39".9 N

Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008ht in UGC 5002:  May 7.21 UT, [19.0;
Dec. 2.53, 18.1.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2008hu in ESO 561-G18:
a combined image from Oct. 28 to Nov. 22, [19.5; Dec. 2.50, 18.3.


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2008 December 3                  (CBET 1600)              Daniel W. E. Green