2011CBET.2891....1S

Guoyou Sun (Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China) and Xing Gao (Urumqi, Xinjiang, China) report the discovery of a possible supernova (mag approximately 17.9) on several unfiltered CCD 40-s survey images (limiting mag about 19.0) taken by Xing Gao in the course of the Xingming Observatory Sky Survey at Mt. Nanshan around Oct. 26.650 UT using a 35.6-cm Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The new object is approximately located at R.A. = 18:32:22.32, Decl. = +66:53:46.6 (equinox 2000.0; reference catalogue USNO-A2.0), which is about 19".2 west and 3".6 north of the center of PGC 2692384. The discovery image is posted at URL http://www.xjltp.com/XOSS/XM03GS/XM03GS.htm. The variable was designated as PSN J18322232+6653466 when it was posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011hj based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below.