2002CBET....2....1P

T. Puckett, Mountain Town, GA; and D. Tigner, Kanata, Ontario, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 15.9) on an unfiltered CCD frame (limiting mag 18.8) taken with the Puckett Observatory 0.35-m automated supernova patrol telescope on Dec. 23.27 UT. The candidate is located at R.A. = 4h13m12s.52, Decl. = +13d25'07".3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 1".9 west and 4".2 south of the center of UGC 2984. The new object was confirmed on unfiltered CCD frames taken by A. Sehgal, Woodinville, WA, on Dec. 24.27. The candidate does not appear on unfiltered images taken by Puckett on 2001 Feb. 26, Sept. 22 and Dec. 5 (limiting mag about 19.5), or on Palomar Sky Survey images taken on 1990 Jan. 24, 1989 Nov. 5 (limiting mag about 21.0) and 1953 Oct. 10 (limiting mag about 20.0).