------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2439 2008 Apr 17 15.49UT Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074 INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK Backup: gmh@wdcc1.bnsc.rl.ac.uk WORLD WIDE WEB http://www.theastronomer.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPERNOVA 2008bj IN MCG +08-22-20 Discovery by ROTSE Collaboration of a possible supernova (CBET 1314): SN 2008 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2008bj Mar. 12.28 11 51 47.80 +46 52 29.8 18.8 1.8"E, 6.7"N A spectrogram obtained on Mar. 25.16 with the 9.2-m Hobby-Eberly Telescope by J. Caldwell and V. Riley, shows it to be a type-II supernova. SUPERNOVA 2008bk IN NGC 7793 Discovery by Berto Monard of a possible supernova (CBET 1315): SN 2008 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2008bk Mar. 25.14 23 57 47.5 -32 33 24 12.6 26 "E,138"N SUPERNOVA 2008bl IN UGC 9317 Discovery by Grzegorz Duszanowicz of a possible supernova (CBET 1316): SN 2008 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset 2008bl Mar. 25.99 14 30 11.82 +27 32 05.6 16.2 8 "E,12 "N Guy M Hurst