SN 2002cd
M. Armstrong discovered SN 2002cd at 17.5mag on an image taken on April
8. NGC 6916, the host galaxy of SN 2002cd, is somewhat nearby galaxy,
but affected notable Galactic reddening. The expected maximum for typical
SN Ia is mag about 16.0 in R (vsnet-campaign-sn
405). According to IAUC 7873, The CfA team took a spectrum of SN
2002cd, which revealed that it was a type Ia SN about 10 days before maximum
(vsnet-campaign-sn
407).