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