In [vsnet-campaign-sn 511] (Dec. 3): >SN2002ji 20020410.0 <180:C BAO >SN2002ji 20021130.84 151:C BAO >SN2002ji 20021201.93 151:C BAO > ># NGC 3655, a host galaxy of SN 2002ji (11:22:53.15, +16:35:10.0 ># (J2000.0), offset = 22"W, 14"S), is a nearby spiral (SA(s)c:) ># galaxy. It is a probable member of a group LGG 237, which also ># contains NGC 3626 or NGC 3607. It is at the nearly same distance as ># the Virgo cluster, so if it is typical unreddened SN Ia, it can ># reach mag 12. But the discovery magnitudes suggest that it is an ># old one or a collapse-driven event. According to IAUC 8026, the Baade telescope at Las Campanas spectrum on Dec. 3.3 revealed that it is of SN Ic around 1 month after maximum. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp