SIMBAD references

A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; E. C. Beshore and S. M. Larson, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; and E. Christensen, Gemini Observatory, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Catalina Sky Survey images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2011 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2011gf Sep. 18.19 21 12 24.27 - 7 48 52.1 16.6 23".5 E, 21".8 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

This variable was designated PSN J21122427-0748521 when it was posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011gf based on the spectroscopic report below. Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, reports unfiltered CCD mag 16.1 and position end figures 24s.31, 51".8 from an image taken on Sept. 19.266 UT; he has posted his image at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6167975455/.