2012CBET.3304....1N

J. Newton and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.7) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 19.0-19.2) taken with a 0.35-m reflector at Portal, AZ, U.S.A., on Nov. 11.507 and 12.494 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object is located at R.A. = 9:24:01.76, Decl. = +68:33:43.3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 1".5 west and 1".9 south of the center of UGC 4981. Puckett has posted an image of the variable at website URL http://www.possdata.com/PSN09240176+6833433.jpg. The variable was designated PSN J09240176+6833433 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012gn based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012gn: 2011 Oct. 9, [19.2 (Puckett); 2012 Nov. 14.45, 16.4 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; luminance filter; position end figures 01s.88, 43".8; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8186716379/).