Dear SN watchers, The Lick KAIT team has discovered a mag 16 SN, which can be reach over mag 15. They report that the position is R.A. = 20h20m45s.47, Decl. = -24o07'57".5 (2000.0), which is about 4" west and 16" south of the nucleus of the barred-spiral (SB(r)b) galaxy ESO 527-G019. There are several foreground stars around this galaxy so the identification needs to be done carefully. The reported brightness (169:C at Aug 9.3, 165:C at Aug 10.3) indicate that this SN is in the rising phase. The expected maximum of the typical SN Ia on this distance (v_r = 3117 km/s for ESO 527-G019) is mag 14.8. Further follow-up magnitude estimates and spectral identifications are strongly urged. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp