SIMBAD references

R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; 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 Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012ce May 14.49 11 13 49.46 -29 55 32.0 16.6 7".0 E, 2".2 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J11134946-2955320 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012ce based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further CCD magnitudes for 2012ce: Mar. 31.63 UT, [18.8 (SSS); May 15.398, 18.5 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter; position end figures 49s.51, 32".9; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7207002078/).