SIMBAD references

T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery by Maurice Gavin (Worcester Park, Surrey, England) of an apparent supernova (mag 16.2) on an unfiltered CCD image taken on Mar. 18.924 UT with a 0.30-m reflector. The new object (measured by Boles) is located at R.A. = 12:53:53.40, Decl. = +36:05:19.6 (equinox 2000.0), which is approximately 6".6 north of the center of IC 3862. The new object was designated PSN J12535343+3605193 when posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011az based on the spectroscopic report below. Additional magnitudes for 2011az (unfiltered CCD unless noted otherwise): 1989 Mar. 30, [21.0 (Digitized Sky Survey, blue plate; via Boles); 1990 Mar. 18, [20.5 (DSS, red; via Boles); 2006 Mar. 5, 19.5 (Boles); 2011 Mar. 20.434, 16.0 (Martin Mobberley, Cockfield, England, remotely with a 51-cm GRAS II reflector in New Mexico; position end figures 53s.43, 19".3; measurements by Boles); 20.849, 15.9 (D. Buczynski and N. James, 28-cm reflector, Portmahomack, Scotland; position end figures 55s.39, 19".4); 21.075, 15.9 (D. Rich, Hampden, ME, U.S.A., 0.41-m f/5.6 telescope; position end figures 53s.43, 19".3); 21.154, 15.3 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera at New Mexico Skies Observatory, Mayhill, New Mexico; position end figures 53s.41, 19".2; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5548866118/).