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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012az Mar. 13.12 3 08 52.09 +17 18 03.2 17.4 15".1 E, 15".8 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J03085209+1718032 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012az based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes reported for 2012az (unfiltered unless noted otherwise): Feb. 25.14 UT, [20.2 (CSS); Mar. 14.105, 17.6 (R. A. Koff, Bennett, CO, USA; Meade 0.25-m f/10 reflector + Apogee AP-47p camera; limiting magnitude 19.5; position end figures 52s.14, 03".9; UCAC3 reference stars); 15.132, 17.6 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + luminance filter at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.; position end figures 52s.11, 03".6; image posted at the following webiste URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6988644261/); 16.13, 17.5 (Mount Lemmon Survey).