[vsnet-alert 6916] Re: SN 2001gd in NGC 5033

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

Dear SN watchers,

I wrote in [vsnet-campaign-sn 284]:
> If SN 2001gd is of unreddened type Ia, its expected maximum is
> around mag 12.  The possibility that SN 2001gd is fairly old SN is
> not excluded because it possibly exploded behind the sun.  The
> followup magnitude estimates and the spectral confirmation is very
> urgently needed. 

And I also wrote in [vsnet-campaign-sn 286]:

>Recent magnitude estimates of SN 2001gd shows no significant
>brightening of this object in these three days.  It seems not to be
>in a rapid-rising phase of SN Ia, but further follow-up photometry is
>very needed for this nearby SN.

By the CfA team spectroscopy (IAUC 7765), this SN was turned out to be
of type IIb (like SN 1993J in M 81) well past (about 2-3 months after)
maximum light.  

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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