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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2459      2008 Jun 30 08.21UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2008cz IN AGC 211492
Discovery by Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) supernova search of a possible 
supernova (CBET 1402):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008cz  Jun  9.26   11 23 10.90  +34 12 51.0  18.1     7.4"E,16.0"N
0.7-m f/1.9 Catalina Schmidt telescope (+ 4000x4000 camera). This object 
is not seen in prior Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Palomar-Quest 
co-added images to a limiting magnitude of approximately 22.5.

SUPERNOVA 2008da IN NGC 6845A
Discovery by the CHASE project supernova search of a possible supernova 
(CBET 1406):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008da  Jun  7.15   20 00 57.41  -47 04 02.7  17.3    10.3"W, 9.3"N
Observed with the 0.41-m "PROMPT 2" telescope located at Cerro Tololo.

SUPERNOVA 2008db IN NGC 50
Discovery by the CHASE project supernova search of a possible supernova 
(CBET 1407):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008db  Jun 13.31   00 14 39.36  -07 19 23.5  14.5    78  "W,79  "N
Additional magnitudes:  2007 Nov. 22.04, [18.0; 28.15, [18.0; 2008 May 
15.39, 14.8. A. Harutyunyan and S. Benetti, Istituto Nazionale di 
Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova et. al., report that a 
spectrum obtained on June 19.18 UT with the 3.5-m TNG shows it to be a 
type-Ia supernova. (CBET 1411).

Guy M Hurst