2012CBET.3062....3T

L. Tomasella, S. Valenti, A. Pastorello, S. Benetti, and P. Ochner, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, report that a spectrogram of 2012be, obtained on Mar. 16.94 UT with the 1.82-m Copernico Telescope (+ AFOSC; range 340-790 nm, resolution 2.2 nm), indicates that it is a type-Ia supernova. Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via the "Supernova Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows that 2012be is similar to the type-Ia supernova 1998aq about 20 days after its B-band maximum.