SIMBAD references

A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, M. J. Graham, A. Mahabal, 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 (CSS) images: SN 2011

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2011 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2011ig Nov. 17.21 1 05 54.65 -12 20 48.6 16.9 0".7 W, 3".7 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J01055465-1220486 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011ig based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011ig: Oct. 30.28 UT, [17.5 (CSS); Nov. 20.316, 17.5 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; luminance filter; position end figures 54s.65, 50".2; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6375756043/).