SN 2002dp
SN 2002dp was discovered in a face-on spiral galaxy NGC 7678 by A. Klotz
on CCD images taken on June 18.09 and 19.02 when the object was 15.1mag.
The position is about 31" east and 22" north of the nucleus of NGC 7678
and superimposed on the northeastern arm. The expected maximum for typical
SN Ia is mag about 15.1. SN Ib 1997dc also occurred in the same galaxy,
whose maximum was mag about 17.5 (vsnet-campaign-sn
445). A chart provided by A. Price is available at: http://www.aavso.org/charts/catalog/PEG/SN2002DP/
[vsnet-campaign-sn
444] The CfA team revealed that it was of type Ia, near maximum on
June 20.47 UT (vsnet-campaign-sn
446).