2012CBET.3110....1C

L. Cox, R. Post, and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 17.3) on an unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 18.9) taken with a 0.43-m reflector at Trenton, ME, U.S.A., on May 14.1727 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object is located at R.A. = 13h41m10.49, Decl. = +30:22:37.2 (equinox 2000.0), which is 8".7 west and 4".8 south of the center of PGC 48432. An image is posted at website URL http://www.possdata.com/PSNJ13411049+3022372.jpg. The variable was designated PSN J13411049+3022372 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012cf based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012cf: May 5, [19.0 (Puckett); May 15.1335, 17.1 (J. Newton, 0.40-m reflector at Portal, AZ); 17.0175, R_c = 17.0 (Massimiliano Martignoni, Magnago, Italy, 0.25-m f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector; position end figures 10s.37, 37".3).