2012CBET.2969....3S

J. M. Silverman and A. V. Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley, report that inspection of a CCD spectrum (range 340-1000 nm), obtained on Jan. 3 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector (+ Kast spectrograph) at Lick Observatory, shows that PSN J02480496-1357511 = SN 2011js is a young type-II supernova. The spectrum consists of a blue, nearly featureless continuum along with somewhat broad Balmer emission lines (FWHM about 2000 km/s for H-alpha; less for H-beta). There are also unresolved emission lines, probably from a superposed H II region having relatively low metallicity.