Electronic Telegram No. 1459
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVAE 2008en, 2008eo, AND 2008ep
     T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of three apparent
supernovae on unfiltered CCD images taken on Aug. 3 with a 0.35-m reflector,
with the discovery observations tabulated below:

 SN       2008 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.     Mag.      Offset
 2008en   Aug. 3.063   0 55 13.56  +35 26 26.2   18.2    5".4 W, 22".7 N
 2008eo   Aug. 3.076   0 41 52.04  +32 59 25.2   16.0    2".4 E, 0".9 S
 2008ep   Aug. 3.093   1 17 40.68  +43 38 38.9   18.1    10".2 E, 16".3 S

Additional magnitudes for 2008en in UGC 564 (all from Boles' images unless
denoted DSS, meaning from from Digitized Sky Survey images):  1989 Sept.
30, [20.5 (DSS, red); 1993 Sept. 16, [21.0 (DSS, blue); 2007 Sept. 14
and Oct. 17, [19.5; 2008 Aug. 3.996 UT, 18.3.  Additional magnitudes for
2008eo in UGC 442:  1987 Aug. 21, [21.0 (DSS, blue); 1990 Oct. 24, [20.5
(DSS, red); 2007 Sept. 14 and Oct. 17, [19.5; 2008 Aug. 4.013, 15.9.
Additional magnitudes for 2008ep in UGC 826:  1989 Oct. 2, [20.5 (DSS, red);
1992 Oct. 19, [21.0 (DSS, blue); 2007 Dec. 12, [19.5; 2008 Feb. 12, [19.5;
Aug. 4.024, 17.9.


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2008 August 4                    (CBET 1459)              Daniel W. E. Green