2011CBET.2748....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.1) on unfiltered CCD images taken at the Klein Karoo Observatory on June 2.184 UT; the new object is located at R.A. = 1:45:24.77, Decl. = -3:49:35.3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11" west and 3" north of the core of the SBbc-type galaxy MCG -1-5-31 = PGC 6447. Nothing is visible at this position in Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5). The variable was designated PSN J01452477-0349353 when posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011dp based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional approximate magnitudes for 2011dp: 2010 Sept. 8.09, [18.8 (Monard); 2011 June 3.166, 16.0 (Monard); 3.817, 16.1 (Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia, 30-cm reflector + STL6K camera; position end figures 24s.72, 34".7). Brimacombe's image is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5794676259/in/photostream.