2012CBET.3150....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 Mount Lemmon Survey (MLS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012cy June 14.17 10 55 21.80 + 7 41 50.4 16.8 11" E, 2" N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J10552180+0741504 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012cy based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further CCD magnitudes for 2012cy: Mar. 21.26 UT, [20.5 (MLS); June 15.427, 18.4 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 44-cm telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; bandpass > 700 nm; position end figures 21s.86, 50".6; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7378448520/).