2012CBET.2996....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.1) on several unfiltered CCD images taken on 2011 Dec. 29.889 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 5:14:28.26, Decl. = -62:10:19.0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 10" west and 5" south of the core of the galaxy ESO 119-46. Nothing is visible at this position on Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5). The variable was designated PSN J05142826-6210190 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011ka based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011ka (unfiltered unless noted otherwise): 2011 Dec. 16.916, [20.0 (Monard); Dec. 30.978, 15.9 (Monard); 31.815, 15.9 (Monard); 31.454, 14.6 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 41-cm RCOS telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; range > 700 nm; position end figures 28s.23, 19".6; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6609855553/); 2012 Jan. 1.816, 15.9 (Monard); 2.875, 15.8 (Monard); 5.477, 14.5 (Brimacombe; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6707573565/); 11.497, 14.6 (Brimacombe; position end figures 28s.20, 19".3; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6707573565/).