2012CBET.3030....2M

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 J16270396+5136498 = 2012aj was obtained on Feb. 22 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 2012aj is a type-Ia supernova more than two weeks after maximum light. A good fit is found to the template of the normal type-Ia supernova 1995D at +16 days and z = 0.031.