SN 2002jz
CBET 2 informed the discovery of an apparent supernova in UGC 2984. It was
at mag 15.9 on Dec. 23.27, and was below 19.5 on Dec. 5. It was located
about 1" west and 4" south of the center of UGC 2984, an irregular galaxy.
It was superimposed on the bright central region. UGC 2984 is affected by
the Galactic extinction; Schlegel et al. (1998) suggested that A_B = 2.430
mag, while Burstein and Heiles (1982) gave a smaller value (A_B = 0.960 mag).
If we take the former, the expected maximum for a typical SN Ia without the
extinction in the host galaxy is mag about 15.0 (vsnet-campaign-sn
522). The spectrum taken with the Las Campanas Observatory Dupont 2.5-m
telescope on Dec. 27.22 revealed that this supernova, SN 2002jz, was type
Ic SN about 10 days past maximum (vsnet-campaign-sn
523).