SN 2002J

The KAIT team discovered a somewhat nearby SN 2002J which can reach mag 15.3. IAUC 7800 informed that the discovery was made on Jan. 21.4, when the new object was mag about 16.8. It was confirmed on the next day when it became brighter by 0.2 mag. Its position is about 24" west and 6" north of the nucleus of a open spiral galaxy NGC 3464. The recession velocity of this galaxy is 3729 km/s, which indicate that the maximum of the typical SN Ia in this galaxy would be mag about 15.3 (vsnet-campaign-sn 318). IAUC 7808 informed that this SN turned out to have been of type Ic near maximum (vsnet-campaign-sn 325).


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