2012CBET.3234....1H

S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; 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 public images from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012ex Sept. 16.28 1 18 45.97 +14 59 40.2 17.5 1".8 E, 4".5 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J01184597+1459402 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012ex based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below.