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 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012I Jan. 18.17 2 58 27.83 + 6 11 25.3 16.3 1".6 E, 6".4 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J02582783+0611253 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012I based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012I: 2011 Dec. 31.10 UT, [20.5 (CSS); 2012 Jan. 18.913, 16.4 (Paolo Corelli, Pagnacco, Italy; 0.45-m f/4.5 telescope; position end figures 27s.83, 24".9; limiting mag 17.8; unfiltered); 19.113, 16.4 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + luminance filter at New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position end figures 27s.80, 25".2; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6727514697/).