2011CBET.2899....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (magnitude 15.7) on several unfiltered CCD images taken on Nov. 3.095 UT at the Klein Karoo Observatory, with confirming images showing the new object at magnitude 15.8 on Nov. 5.097. The variable is located at R.A. = 12:16:25.47, Decl. = -43:19:46.9 (equinox 2000.0; UCAC2 reference stars); which is 20" west and 14" south of the core of the Sbc-type galaxy NGC 4219. Nothing is visible at this position on Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5) or on Monard's previous image of this galaxy taken on 2011 July 31.741 (limiting mag 18.5). The new object was designated PSN J12162547-4319469 when it was posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011hp based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, reports mag 16.6 and position end figures 25s.52, 49".9 for 2011hp from an unfiltered CCD image taken on Nov. 4.751; he has posted his image at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6313285907/. Monard notes that SN 2011am (cf. CBET 2667) occurred in the same galaxy earlier this year.