SN 2002A
IAUC 7786 informed that the first SN in 2002, SN 2002A was discovered
by Beijing team. SN 2002A was caught on Jan. 1.79 (mag about 17.4), Jan.
8.61 (mag about 16.8) and Jan. 9.56 (mag about 16.8). The position is
about 7" east and 15" south of the nucleus of a spiral (Scd:) galaxy UGC
3804. UGC 3804 is rather nearby galaxy (v_r = 2887 km/s). The expected
maximum for the typical SN Ia on this galaxy is mag about 14.7. The reported
brightness from the discovery was rising (0.6 mag during 8 days)(vsnet-campaign-sn
309). The spectrum taken on Jan 11.12 by the Asiago team revealed
that SN 2002A was of type IIn soon after explosion (vsnet-campaign-sn
311).