| NGC 7678 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress MX916 |
Scope | Meade LX200, 10" f/6.3 |
| Exposure | 2 minutes (4 x 30 seconds) | Location | Winchester, Ontario, Canada |
| Date | 2002 August 2/3 | Imager | Walter MacDonald |
| Notes | NGC Online / NGC En Ligne | AAVSO Charts | ||
SN 2002dp (RA = 23h28m30s.12, Dec = +22d25'38".8)
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).
source: News from VSNET, June 24, 2002, campaign circulation 1322
The CfA team revealed that it is of type Ia, near maximum on June 20.47 UT (vsnet-campaign-sn 446).
source: News from VSNET, July 8, 2002, campaign circulation 1327
