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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 2486      2008 Sep 27 14.41UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
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SUPERNOVA 2008fm IN UGC 12792
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (CBET 1500):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008fm  Sep.  5.16  23 49 03.51  +26 47 39.3  17.5    25.2"E,22.0"N
A spectrum (range 420-890 nm) obtained on Sept. 7.20 with the 9.2-m 
Hobby-Eberly Telescope by J. Caldwell and E. Terrazas, shows it to be a 
type-IIn supernova.
Guy Hurst reports on Sept 22.11UT, that photometry of an unfiltered 
image with the Bradford Robotic Telescope gave the magnitude as 18.1C 
(+/-0.1).

SUPERNOVA 2008fn IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY
Discovery by ROTSE of a possible supernova (CBET 1502):
SN      2008 UT      R.A.  (2000.0)  Decl.    Mag.     Offset
2008fn  Aug.  4.17  16 21 48.53  +37 03 41.0  17.1 2.1" N of centre
E. Y. Hsiao et. al., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of 
Victoria, report that a noisy spectrogram obtained on
Sept. 10.23 UT with the 1.82-m Plaskett Telescope of the National
Research Council of Canada, shows it to be a type-Ibc supernova then 2 
weeks past maximum light.

Guy M Hurst