SN 2002ap brightening! image by Sano Yasuo Sano (Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan) has confirmed considerable brightening of SN 2002ap from the CCD image taken at 2002 Jan. 31, 08h 43m UT. The image is available at: http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet/SNe/sn2002ap/sano0131.jpg Regards, Taichi Kato