2012CBET.3141....1H

S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in public images from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012cr May 25.15 12 42 24.45 - 7 02 57.6 18.3 12".7 W, 18".2 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J12422445-0702576 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012cr based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012cr: Mar. 30.33 UT, [19.5 (CSS); May 25.920, 17.5 (Giancarlo Cortini, Predappio, Italy; Celestron C14 reflector + SXVR-H9 camera); 27.258, 17.5 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; luminance filter; position end figures 24s.52, 57".6). Brimacombe's image is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7290971272/.