2012CBET.3003....3M

G. H. Marion, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), on behalf of the CfA Supernova Group, report that a spectrum (range 340-740 nm) of PSN J01494770+3144496 = 2012S was obtained on Jan. 27 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 2012S is a type-IIP supernova near but after maximum light. Prominent P-Cyg features from Balmer-series lines are present, and a good fit is found to the template of SN 2004et at one day post-maximum and at z = 0.037.