2011CBET.2848....1B

T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 18.0) on an unfiltered CCD image taken on Sept. 30.113 UT with a 0.35-m reflector. The new object is located at R.A. = 7:06:28.29, Decl. = +77:52:31.8, which is approximately 2".4 west and 20".3 north of the center of MCG +13-05-36 = PGC 20157. The variable was given the designation PSN J07062829+7752318 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011gn based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional magnitudes for 2011gn (from unfiltered CCD images unless noted otherwise): 1989 Dec. 17, [20.5 (Digitized Sky Survey red plate; via Boles); 1996 Dec. 12, [21.0 (Digitized Sky Survey blue plate; via Boles); 2010 Dec. 6, [19.5 (Boles); 2011 Feb. 12, [19.5 (Boles); Sept. 30.855, 17.0 (Nick D. James, Chelmsford, Essex, England; Celestron C11 telescope + ST9-XE camera; position end figures 28s.31, 31".6).