SIMBAD references

A. Langoussis, J. Newton, and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.0) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 19.1) taken with a 0.40-m reflector at Portal, AZ, U.S.A., on Mar. 24.479 UT, in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object was designated PSN J17470632+5718047 when posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is designated SN 2011bd here based on the spectroscopic report below. SN 2011bd is located at R.A. = 17:47:06.32, Decl. = +57:18:04.7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".9 east and 0".2 south of the center of NGC 6473. Puckett has posted an image at http://www.possdata.com/PSNJ17470632+5718047.jpg. Additional unfiltered CCD magnitudes for 2011bd: Mar. 20, [18.9 (Puckett); 25.507, 16.0 (Puckett); 29.460, 16.2 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera at New Mexico Skies Observatory, Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.); Apr. 2.154, 16.5: (Xavier Bros, Ager, Spain, 0.35-m telescope; position end figures 06s.51, 03".2). Brimacombe has posted his image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5576401868/.