SIMBAD references

G. Pignata, J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, P. Gonzalez, P. Lopez, S. Silva, G. Folatelli, D. Iturra, R. Cartier, and F. Forster, Universidad de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University; and D. Reichart, K. Ivarsen, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander, and A. LaCluyze, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on behalf of the CHASE project, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag approximately 16.3 ± 0.2) on an R-band image taken on Oct. 20.15 UT with the 0.41-m 'PROMPT 5' telescope located at Cerro Tololo. SN 2008gl is located at R.A. = 1h20m54s.82 ± 0".1, Decl. = +4o48'19".1 ± 0".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 19".7 east and 13".7 north of center of the galaxy UGC 881. The new object is also present at mag approximately 16.2 ± 0.2 in an image taken on Oct. 21.03. Nothing is visible at this position on archival images taken on Sept. 13.26 (limiting mag 18.0) and Oct. 1.21 (limiting mag 17.5).