On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Hitoshi YAMAOKA wrote: Hello: > 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. We haven't say that this object should be a SN. That's the question. Maximo inspected carefully the DSS and there is nothing. Before sending the alert, I have queried the SIMBAD and there is no reported body on that position: no apparent galaxy, comet, asteroid, variable... Good nights... of good observing. --------------------------------------------- V$ByD(Btor R. Ruiz rvr@idecnet.com Agrupaci Astronica de Gran Canaria Sociedad de Meteoros y Cometas de Espa Asociaci de Variabilistas de Espa - AVE AA Gran Canaria http://aagc.dis.ulpgc.es info.astro http://vsnet.astrored.org/infoastro ---------------------------------------------