2012CBET.2985....3M

L. Magill and R. Kotak, Queen's University, Belfast, report that an optical spectrum (range 330-900 nm) of PSN J02582783+0611253 = SN 2012I was obtained at the Isaac Newton Telescope (+ Intermediate Dispersion Spectrograph) on Jan. 19.92 UT. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the Supernova Identification tool (SNID; Blondin and Tonry, 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) resulted in a best match the normal type-Ia supernova 2002er (Kotak et al. 2005, A.Ap. 436, 1021) at an epoch of -4 days, at a redshift of 0.03.