2012CBET.2969....1H

S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd, Australian National University; 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 public images from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2011 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2011js Dec. 31.16 2 48 04.96 -13 57 51.1 17.7 15".2 W, 17".9 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J02480496-1357511 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011js based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. After posting on the TOCP, the following independent discovery report was received.