Dear SN watchers, I wrote: ># It would be a quite young SN. The recession velocity of the host ># galaxy NGC 1699 is measured as 3900 km/s, from which the expected ># maximum of typical SN Ia is mag about 15.3. IAUC 7731 (Oct. 10) tells that it is of type Ia near maximum. Recent observation shows that it seems to be a normal one. It is quite important to follow-up the decline phase. >SN2001ep recent (cont'd) > > YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer > 20010928.399 <190C (KAIT (from IAUC)) > 20011003.500 171:C (KAIT (from IAUC)) > 20011004.400 168:C (KAIT (from IAUC)) > 20011017.087 152CR (J. Nicolas) > 20011022.074 150CR (Jean Marie Llapasset) Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp