SN 2001bq
A new object was found on May 17.587 UT by K. Itagaki when it was
mag 15.9 (CCD). The position is about 28" east and 2" north of the
"nucleus" of the spiral galaxy NGC 5534. SN 2001bq is superimposed
on an interacting companion. The KAIT team reports the prediscovery
magnitudes as mag about 16.0 on May 10.3 and about 15.3 on May 14.3,
and M. Schwartz reports that it was below mag about 19.5 on Apr. 29.3.
These magnitudes suggest that SN 2001bq was not a old object at
discovery, probably near (or before) its maximum light. Assuming that
the resession velocity of the host galaxy, the expected maximum of the
typical SN Ia is about 14.5
(vsnet-campaign-sn 193).