SN2002kk 20020805.0 <205C PAL SN2002kk 20020815.44 194C PAL SN2002kk 20020815.45 194C PAL SN2002kk 20020815.46 194C PAL SN2002kk 20020818.0 192C PAL SN2002kk 20020826.0 190C PAL SN2002kk 20020905.0 195C PAL SN2002kk 20020927.0 201C PAL SN2002kk 20020928.0 202C PAL SN2002kk 20021008.0 208C PAL SN2002kk 20021013.0 <205C PAL SN2002kk 20021022.0 <205C PAL SN2002kk 20021115.0 <205C PAL # The LBNL team has revealed that SN 2002kk is a type Ia SN, about 2 # months after maximum on Nov. 9. It is consistent with the light # curve, which suggests the maximum occurred around Aug. 26. It is an # old and distant event. SN2003ae 20030110.0 <205C PAL SN2003ae 20030123.38 179C PAL SN2003ae 20030123.40 179C PAL SN2003ae 20030124.0 176C PAL SN2003ae 20030128.0 171C PAL # A host galaxy of SN 2003ae (9:28:22.58, +27:26:40.7 (J2000.0), # within 1" from the nucleus) is 2MASXi J0928225+272641, a small # galaxy. The CfA team took a spectrum on Feb. 6.29, which revealed # that it is type Ia SN about a week before maximum. They note that # the discovery was made 2 weeks still more before the spectroscopy. # The follow-up photometry, which will determine the maximum date, is # very important to constrain the rise time (explosion - maximum) of # SNe Ia. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp