2011CBET.2902....1D

Colin Drescher, Calamvale, Queensland, Australia, reports the discovery by Stuart Parker (Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand) of an apparent supernova (red mag 15.5, measured by Drescher) on a 30-s unfiltered CCD image taken on Nov. 12.476 UT using a 35-cm Celestron C14 reflector (+ ST10 CCD camera). The new object is located at R.A. = 22:57:11.77, Decl. = -43:23:04.8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 20" west and 41" north of the nucleus of the galaxy IC 5267. The variable was designated PSN J22571177-4323048 when it was posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011hs based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011hs: Oct. 9.574, [18.7 (Parker; unfiltered red CCD); Nov. 13.439, 15.4 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter; optical wavelength > 700 nm; position end figures 11s.75, 04".6; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6339635453/).