KAIT Discovery of a Possible Supernova in the Kepler Field

We report the discovery with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) at Lick Observatory of a possible new supernova in the field of the Kepler spacecraft. The new object, dubbed PSN J19192793+4414509 (by the IAU), is located at (J2000.0) coordinates RA: 19:19:27.93, Dec: +44:14:50.9.

Following discovery on an unfiltered image obtained at 11:22 UT on 2012 May 19, KAIT autonomously began a sequence of triggered follow-up observations in the U, B, V, and clear (roughly R) filters beginning 4 minutes later.