SN 2002cw
SN 2002cw was discovered by the LOTOSS team on an image taken on May 16.
The host galaxy of SN 2002cw is NGC 6700, whose galactic latitude is
somewhat low (b = 15o.1). The expected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag
about 16.0 (vsnet-campaign-sn
427). The UCB team has revealed that it was of type Ib SN, a few weeks
after the explosion on May 18 UT (IAUC 7905)(vsnet-campaign-sn
429).