SN 2002ed
SN 2002ed was discovered by B. Monard on July 27.77 UT when it was mag
about 16.5. The position is 55" east and 15" south of the center of a
face-on spiral galaxy NGC 5468. It was also detected on the KAIT images
taken on July 24-29, but was not seen on July 23 image (limiting mag 17.5)
taken by Berto. SN 2002cr was discovered this May in the same galaxy.
It was of type Ia, and reached its maximum (mag about 14.2) around May
13. NGC 5468 also produced SN Ia 1999cp. NGC 5468 is open spiral galaxies,
which is active in star formation (vsnet-campaign-sn 453). SN 2002ed turned
out to be a type II SN (the ANU group, IAUC 7947) (vsnet-campaign-sn
458).
Links:
H. Yamaoka performed astrometry using B. Monard's image, see [vsnet-campaign-sn
454]
The discovery image can be seen at:
/vsnet/ftpfile/SNe/sn2002ed/
[vsnet-campaign-sn
453]