2012CBET.3223....1M

R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, M. J. Graham, A. Mahabal, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; and E. Christensen and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012eq Aug. 27.58 1 00 14.37 -30 48 30.9 15.4 9".8 E, 6".3 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J01001437-3048309 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012eq based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012eq (presumed unfiltered unless noted otherwise): 2011 Nov. 1.55 UT, [19.0 (SSS); 2012 Aug. 30.787, 17.2 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter, bandpass > 700 nm; position end figures 14s.33, 31".0; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7897613544/); Sept. 4.66, 15.6 (SSS); Sept. 7.571, R = 17.1 (P. Miller, P. Roche, A. Tripp, R. Miles, R. Holmes, S. Foglia, and L. Buzzi; 2.0-m f/10 "Faulkes Telescope North" + Bessell R filter at Haleakala in bad seeing conditions; position end figures 14s.38, 31".4).