Dear SN watchers, The KAIT team has discovered a brightest SN in this year so far. It is now mag about 14.8, and can reach mag 13.4 if it is of type Ia. IAUC 7809 informed that the discovery was made on Jan. 25.5 UT when a new object was mag about 14.3 (unfiltered CCD). It was confirmed by the Beijing team at mag 14.7 on Jan 26.9 and by D. West at mag 14.83Rc on Jan. 27.492. The position is: R.A. = 14h29m35s.74, Decl. = -0o00'55".8 (2000.0), which is about 16" east and 10" north of the diffuse nucleus of the tilted open-spiral (SAB(s)d pec) galaxy UGC 9299. It superimposed on the outer disk region. There are two galaxies (1' WSW and 1'.5 south of the nucleus) around UGC 9299, but they are far beyond (v_r \sim 25000 km/s). The recession velocity of UGC 9299 is 1552 km/s (NED) and there are many galaxies having similar recession velocities within 5 degrees. If this velocity is of the Hubble flow, the expected maximum of a typical SN Ia is mag about 13.4. The followup photometry and the spectroscopic type determination is strongly urged for this bright SN. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp