Аннотация:CCD BVRI photometry is presented for the type Ia supernova 2008gy. The light curves match the template curves for a fast-declining SN Ia, but the colors appear redder than average, and the SN may also be slightly subluminous. SN 2008gy is found to be located far outside the boundaries of the three nearest galaxies, each of them has a nearly equal probability to be the host galaxy.