2012CBET.3235....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 Mount Lemmon Survey (MLS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012ey Sept. 16.44 2 24 50.64 +16 10 54.3 18.6 8".2 W, 15".6 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J02245064+1610543 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012ey based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional magnitudes for 2012ey: Feb. 25.12 UT, [21.0 (MLS); Sept. 18.103, 19.1 (Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi, Varese, Italy; 0.38-m f/6.8 reflector; position end figures 50s.53, 52".2; reference stars from CMC14 catalogue; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_P9159.jpg). Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia obtained images of 2012ey remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope (+ STL11K camera + luminance filter) at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A. on Sept. 17.281; his image is posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8000934977/.