SIMBAD references

L. A. G. Monard, Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.8) on several unfiltered CCD images taken on Jan. 2.080 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 14:56:23.64, Decl. = -37:36:18.0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 20" west and 16" south of the core of the type-SBc galaxy ESO 386-39. Nothing is visible at this position on Digitized Sky Survey images (limiting red mag 20.5). The variable was designated PSN J14562364-3736180 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012J based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012J: 2011 Sept. 21.737, [18.5 (Monard); 2012 Jan. 3.086, 16.9 (Monard); 4.768, 15.8 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, 41-cm telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; range > 700 nm; position end figures 23s.72, 17".9; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6638708045/).