Electronic Telegram No. 3183
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
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SUPERNOVA 2012dr
     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 S. M. Larson and E.
Christensen, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, report
the discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey (CSS)
images:

 SN       2012 UT        R.A. (2000.0) Decl.      Mag.      Offset
 2012dr   June 18.25   13 33 49.61  +26 08 07.0   18.7    1".1 E, 23".5 N

Additional CSS magnitudes for 2012dr:  May 22.30 UT, [20.5; June 10.21, 19.4.

     L. Tomasella, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, P. Ochner, A. Pastorello, M.
Turatto, and S. Valenti, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Istituto
Nazionale di Astrofisica, report that a spectrogram of 2012dr, obtained on
July 17.87 UT with the Asiago 1.82-m Copernico Telescope (+ AFOSC; range
340-820 nm; resolution 2.4 nm), suggests that it is a normal type-Ia supernova.
Cross-correlation with a library of supernova spectra via the "Supernova
Identification" code (SNID; Blondin and Tonry 2007, Ap.J. 666, 1024) shows
that 2012dr has a redshift of about 0.071 and is similar to several normal
type-Ia supernovae at about one month after the light-curve maximum.


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2012 July 19                     (CBET 3183)              Daniel W. E. Green