Identification chart of SN 2012aa. The image is about 10′ on each side, taken in the R_c band with the 1.04 m Sampurnanand telescope at ARIES, Nainital. The local standard stars are numbered. North is up and east is to the left. The location of the target is marked “T”, as observed with the 8 m Gemini South telescope (bottom inset) on 2012 April 26, +88 d after discovery. The SN is resolved; its position and the host center are marked. The field was also observed with the 3 m TNG (top inset) on 2013 April 9, long after the SN had faded away. The SN location is not resolved in the TNG image.