2003IAUC.8137....2E

R. Evans, Hazelbrook, N.S.W., reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 16) on a European Southern Observatory red-survey film taken on 1988 Nov. 7. R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, provides the following measurement for SN 1988ai from the discovery film: R.A. = 0h06m21s.74, Decl. = -41o28'59".9 (equinox 2000.0), which is near the northeastern edge of the apparent irregular host galaxy, ESO 293-G34. S. Tritton, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, reports that the object also appears on a U.K. Schmidt Telescope plate taken on 1989 Feb. 8, but it is not present on other plates of this field (including the J or B Surveys).