SN 2000dc

H. Yamaoka forwarded and commented on IAUC 7476 which tells that the Lick KAIT team has discovered a mag 16 SN. The position is about 4" west and 16" south of the nucleus of the barred-spiral (SB(r)b) galaxy ESO 527-G019. The expected maximum of the typical SN Ia on this distance (v_r = 3117 km/s for ESO 527-G019) is mag 14.8 (vsnet-campaign-sn 43).