2011CBET.2749....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.3) on unfiltered CCD images taken on May 15.174 UT at the Klein Karoo Observatory. The new object is located at R.A. = 0:59:47.75, Decl. = -7:34:20.5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 35" west and 22" north of the core of the SBd-type galaxy NGC 337; the position coincides with a dense region in a spiral arm of this nearby galaxy. Nothing is seen at this position in Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5) or on earlier images taken from Monard's Bronberg Observatory in 2010 (limiting mag 18.5 and deeper). The variable was designated PSN J00594775-0734205 when posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011dq based on the spectroscopic confirmation given below. Additional magnitudes for 2011dq: 2011 Jan. 30.781, [17.0 (Monard); May 16.178, 16.4 (Monard); 18.177, 16.4 (Monard); 20.814, 15.4 (Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia; 30-cm telescope + STL6K camera + red filter); 22.818, 15.6 (Brimacombe; position end figures 47s.74, 16".2). Brimacombe's second image (the one from May 22) is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5751069620/.