2012CBET.3105....1C

Further to CBET 3037, S. B. Cenko, M. Kandrashoff, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012cc Apr. 29.33 12 26 56.81 +15 02 45.5 18.2 7".7 E, 6".7 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J12265681+1502455 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012cc based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012cc: Apr. 8.41 UT, [18.9 (KAIT); May 11.23, 15.7 (KAIT); 13.509, 14.9 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter; position end figures 56s.83, 45".8; image posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7192829202/).