2012CBET.2997....1M

L. A. G. Monard, Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.8) on several unfiltered CCD images taken on 2011 Dec. 16.026 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 7:21:14.28, Decl. = -62:05:30.8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 8" east and 4" north of the core of the presumed host galaxy. The variable was designated PSN J07211428-6205308 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011kb based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011kb (unfiltered unless noted otherwise): 2011 May 30.72, [18.5 (Monard); Oct 8.108, 16.1 (Monard); Nov. 7.163, 16.1 (Monard); 25.956, 16.4 (Monard); Dec. 16.026, 16.8 (Monard); 28.984, 18.2 (Monard); 29.914, 18.1 (Monard); 31.720, 17.0 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 41-cm RCOS telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; range > 700 nm; position end figures 14s.34, 31".2; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6610070865/); 2012 Jan. 5.667, 16.9 (Brimacombe; position end figures 14s.23, 31".5; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6729145569/).