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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012S Jan. 26.17 1 49 47.70 +31 44 49.6 17.2 5".3 W, 12".7 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J01494770+3144496 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012S based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further unfiltered CCD magnitudes for 2012S: 2011 Nov. 27.29 UT, [19.6 (CSS); 2012 Jan. 1.25, 18.5 (CSS); 27.905, 17.5 (Paolo Corelli, Pagnacco, Italy; 0.45-m f/4.5 telescope; position end figures 47s.67, 50".3; offset 5" west, 15" north; limiting mag 19.0.