[vsnet-campaign-sn 429] SN Ib 2002cw

[Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>]

Dear SN watchers,

In [vsnet-campaign-sn 427]:
># The host galaxy of SN 2002cw is NGC 6700, whose galactic latitude
># is somewhat low (b = 15o.1).  The expected maximum for typical SN
>#Ia is mag about 16.0, but it seems not. 

The UCB team has revealed that it is of type Ib SN, a few weeks after
the explotion on May 18 UT (IAUC 7905).

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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