2012CBET.3014....1C

Further to CBET 2929, S. B. Cenko, W. Li, and A. V. Filippenko report the LOSS discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012Z Jan. 29.15 3 22 05.35 -15 23 15.6 17.6 14".6 W, 43".1 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J03220535-1523156 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012Z based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012Z: Jan. 26.17 UT, [18.6 (KAIT); 31.164, R = 15.6 ± 0.2 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + red filter at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position end figures 05s.39, 15".2). Brimacombe's image is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6798382185/.