SIMBAD references

L. Cox, J. Newton, and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.5) on an unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 18.7) taken with a 0.40-m reflector at Portal, AZ, U.S.A., on Jan. 14.142 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object, which was confirmed at mag 16.5 on Jan. 15.132 by Puckett with the 40-cm reflector at Portal, is located at R.A. = 2:33:22.79, Decl. = +09:35:05.6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 1".0 east and 60".5 south of the center of NGC 975. Nothing is visible at this position on images taken by Puckett on 2011 Dec. 28 (limiting mag 19.0). The variable was designated PSN J02332279+0935056 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012E based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. The discoverers have posted an image of 2012E at website URL http://www.possdata.com/PSNJ02332279+0935056.jpg. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012E (unfiltered unless noted otherwise): Jan. 16.766, 16.4 (Paolo Corelli, Pagnacco, Italy; 0.45-m f/4.5 telescope; limiting mag 19.0; position end figures 22s.81, 05".9; nothing visible at this position on a red Palomar Sky Survey plate to limiting mag 21.0); 16.768, R = 15.5 ± 0.1 (K. Sarneczky, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary; 1.02-m RCC Telescope; position end figures 22s.80, 06".1; USNO-B1.0 reference stars); 16.836, 16.2 (Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi Varese, Italy; 0.38-m f/6.8 reflector; position end figures 22s.82, 05".9; reference stars from CMC-14 catalogue; image posted at http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_N975.jpg).