cf. vsnet-alert 2104 http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg02104.html cf. vsnet-alert 2105 http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-alert/msg02105.html About the suspected SN in Abell 262, I intend to give some basic information. The cluster Abell 262 has z = 0.0161, from which the normal SNeIa at this distance would be expected to be about 15.7 mag at their maximum light. Reported magnitude was 2 mag brighter than this. The center of the cluster is 1h52m.8, +36o08' (2000.0, Abell et al. 1988). The location of the new star is about 24' west and 2' north from the cluster center. In the neibour of the reported position, there is a (spiral?) galaxy UGC 1319 = PGC 6865 = IRAS 01485+3549. From its core, the reported star is at an offset of 190" west and 124" north. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi YAMAOKA, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp