2012CBET.2987....1L

Vladimir Lipunov, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, on behalf of the MASTER Robotic Net team, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag V = 16.0 ± 0.3) via the MASTER-Amur auto-detection system on two images taken on Jan. 8.502 UT (limiting mag 16.8). The new object is located at R.A. = 0:34:30.79, Decl. = +30:24:06.3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 13".9 east and 15".7 north of the center of PGC 2065. Nothing was visible at this position in a MASTER reference image from 2011 Aug. 31.756 (limiting R mag 18.8). The discovery image is posted at the following website URL: http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/PSN_PGC002065/PSN_PGC002065.png.