DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS
1775 EYE STREET,N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
April 28, 2000
VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Northstar Galaxy Trust
File Nos. 033-73140 and 811-08220
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("1933 Act"), we hereby certify on behalf of Northstar Galaxy Trust (to be
renamed Pilgrim Variable Product Trust), a registered management investment
company (the "Trust"), that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information of the Trust that would have been filed under Rule 497(c) under the
1933 Act does not differ from that contained in the Trust's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 17 on Form N-1A which was filed electronically with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000.
If you have any questions about this filing, please feel free to
contact Karen A. Anderberg at (202) 261-3384 or the undersigned at (202)
261-3336.
Sincerely,
/s/ John H. Lively
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John H. Lively
