SIMBAD references

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.1) on unfiltered CCD images taken at the Klein Karoo Observatory on June 2.184 UT; the new object is located at R.A. = 1:45:24.77, Decl. = -3:49:35.3 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11" west and 3" north of the core of the SBbc-type galaxy MCG -1-5-31 = PGC 6447. Nothing is visible at this position in Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5). The variable was designated PSN J01452477-0349353 when posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011dp based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional approximate magnitudes for 2011dp: 2010 Sept. 8.09, [18.8 (Monard); 2011 June 3.166, 16.0 (Monard); 3.817, 16.1 (Joseph Brimacombe, Coral Towers Observatory, Cairns, Australia, 30-cm reflector + STL6K camera; position end figures 24s.72, 34".7). Brimacombe's image is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5794676259/in/photostream.