SIMBAD references

R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; A. J. Drake, M. J. Graham, S. G. Djorgovski, 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 Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012ag Feb. 16.74 13 41 27.66 -32 00 01.0 16.6 8".1 E, 8".1 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J13412766-3200010 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012ag based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further magnitudes for 2012ag: 2011 Aug. 26.42 UT, [19.0 (SSS); 2012 Feb. 17.600, 16.2 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 41-cm RCOS telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; wavelength range > 700 nm; position end figures 27s.67, 01".0; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6893811615/).