2011CBET.2722....1N

J. Newton and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 15.9) on an unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 18.9) taken with a 0.35-m reflector at Portal, AZ, U.S.A., on May 12.291 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object (which was designated PSN J14004624+4826454 when posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011ck based on the spectroscopic report below) is located at R.A. = 14h00m46.24, Decl. = +48:26:45.4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 14".8 west and 7".3 north of the center of NGC 5425. Additional approximate unfiltered CCD magnitudes for 2011ck: 1989 Mar. 26, [19.5 (red Digitized Sky Survey image; via Zhangwei Jin, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China; and Xing Gao, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China); 2010 Mar. 11, [19.1 (Puckett); 2011 Apr. 24, [19.0 (Jin and Gao; 0.35-m reflector at Mt. Nanshan); Apr. 27, [17.5 (Jin and Gao); May 13.294, 15.9 (Puckett); 13.844, 16.6 (Jin and Gao; limiting mag about 19.5; independent discovery; reported after Puckett's TOCP posting; position end figures 46s.32, 46".4; offset 16" west, 8" north from the center of NGC 5425); 14.354, 17.2 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera at New Mexico Skies Observatory, Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position end figures 46s.30, 45".6). Jin and Gao have posted an image of 2011ck at website URL http://www.xjltp.com/XOSS/XM21ZJ/XM21ZJ.htm. Brimacombe has posted his image at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5721977398/.