SIMBAD references

S. Howerton, Arkansas City, KS, U.S.A.; A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, M. J. Graham, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd, Australian National University; 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 public images from the Catalina Sky Survey.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012at Feb. 6.51 4 54 52.81 -37 19 16.1 17.7 0".9 W, 1".1 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J04545281-3719161 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012at based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further CCD magnitudes for 2012at: 2011 Nov. 19.65 UT, [18.9 (Siding Spring Survey; via Drake et al.); 2012 Feb. 17.438, 15.6 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 41-cm RCOS telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; wavelength bandpass > 700 nm; position end figures 52s.82, 17".2; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6891477213/.