2011CBET.2833....1D

A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Carnegie Observatories; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2011 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2011ga Sep. 18.25 22 40 27.42 + 3 11 58.0 17.3 18".2 W, 7".4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The new object was designated PSN J22402742+0311580 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011ga based on the spectroscopic report below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011ga (unfiltered unless noted otherwise: July 2.38 UT, [19.3 (CSS); Sept. 19.179, 16.5 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter, wavelength > 700 nm; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6177998402/); 19.320, 17.2 (Brimacombe; position end figures 27s.38, 58".9; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6168832131/).