Comment on SN.... : 1) SN 1996cr was originally identified as a variable x-ray source but laterdiscovered to be a young supernova candidate via archival optical and radio data. 2) The position of 1996cr coincides with a faint H II region. See CBET 879, 2007.
Comment on Gal... :
Host Galaxy information (for SNe discovered since January 2015):