2012CBET.2990....3M

G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, reports that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm) of PSN J14565985+2435595 = 2012M was obtained on Jan. 23 UT by J. Irwin with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST). Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra using the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2012M is a type-Ia supernova about three weeks after maximum light. A good fit is found to the template of the normal type-Ia supernova 2002cr at +20 days.