2012CBET.3032....2T

L. Tomasella, S. Benetti, A. Pastorello, and S. Valenti, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, report that a spectrogram of PSN J10012720+3640120 = SN 2012ak, obtained on Feb. 25.84 UT with the 1.82-m Copernico Telescope (+ AFOSC; range 340-790 nm, resolution 2.4 nm), indicates that it is a young type-II supernova. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via GELATO (Harutyuyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383) gives a best fit with type-II supernovae soon after explosion, assuming a recession velocity of 12461 km/s for the host galaxy, PGC 29010 (SDSS 2004, via NED).