SIMBAD references

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. 21.5233 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object is located at R.A. = 14:35:44.63, Decl. = +24:43:41.5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 15".4 west and 8".3 north of the center of UGC 9396. The discoverers have posted an image at website URL http://www.possdata.com/PSNJ14354463+2443415.jpg.The variable was designated PSN J14354463+2443415 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012N based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional magnitudes for 2012N (via unfiltered CCD unless noted otherwise): 1992 June 5, [19.5 (Palomar Sky Survey, F plate; via Simone Leonini, Siena, Italy); 1994 Mar. 8, [19.5 POSS, J and N plates; via Leonini); 2011 Mar. 21, [19.4 (Puckett); May 25, [19.0 (Leonini); 2012 Jan. 18.151, 17.4 (Leonini, with G. Guerrini, P. Rosi, and L. M. Tinjaca Ramirez; pre-discovery; limiting mag about 19.0; found in the course of an automatic survey of the Italian Supernovae Search Project using a 0.53-m f/8.7 Ritchey-Chretien telescope + Apogee Alta U47 CCD camera; position end figures 44s.68, 41".7); 22.185, 16.8 (Nick James, Chelmsford, Essex, England; image posted at website URL http://tinyurl.com/7bt2e4h); 23.535, V = 16.0 (M. Simonsen; K35 AAVSOnet 35-cm reflector at Cloudcroft, NM, U.S.A.; via Puckett).