Dear SN watchers, In [vsnet-obs 42881]: >SN2003A 20021122.5 <190:C KAI >SN2003A 20030103.5 174C KAI >SN2003A 20030105.4 174C SCH > ># A host galaxy of SN 2003A (10:48:33.86, +66:22:29.4 (J2000.0), ># offset = 6" due north of the nucleus of the northern elliptical ># component, but it can belong to the southern spiral galaxy) is an ># interacting system UGC 5904. The expected maximum for typical SN Ia ># is mag about 16.5. The UCB group has revealed that it is of type Ib/c, a few weeks after maximum on Jan. 6. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp P.S. The Subject in the previous e-mail was incorrect. Sorry.