Dear SN watchers, In [vsnet-campaign-sn 396]: ># PGC 59990 = the host galaxy of SN 2002bw is a faint spiral galaxy, ># affected the Galactic extinction. The expected maximum of typical ># SN Ia is mag about 17.5 in R. IAUC 7872 informed that this SN is of type Ia about 3 weeks after maximum on Apr. 4.49 (the CfA team). Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp