SN 2002bx
SN 2002bx was discovered by the KAIT team on March 31 at mag about 16.9,
and confirmed on the next night (mag 16.8). T. Boles independently discovered
it on Apr. 1.943, when he estimated the magnitude as 16.2. The position
of the new object is about 37" west and 40" north of the nucleus of the
edge-on spiral galaxy IC 2461. The expected maximum for SN Ia is mag about
14.0 (vsnet-campaign-sn
396, 397).
The CfA team revealed that it was normal type-II SN caught on the early
phase (vsnet-campaign-sn
399).