2012CBET.3272....2Z

S. Zaggia, L. Tomasella, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, A. Pastorello, and M. Turatto, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, report that a spectrogram of PSN J06561339+8404502 = SN 2012fm, obtained on Oct. 25.71 UT with the Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope (+ AFOSC; range 350-820 nm, resolution 1.3 nm), indicates that it is a type-Ia supernova. Assuming for the host galaxy (UGC 3528) a redshift z = 0.014553 (Falco et al. 1999, PASP 111, 438; via NED), cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via GELATO (Harutyuyan et al. 2008, A.Ap. 488, 383) shows that 2012fm is similar to several normal type-Ia supernovae a few days before maximum light. The expansion velocity deduced from the Si II 635.5-nm absorption is about 10900 km/s.