SIMBAD references

L. A. G. Monard, Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (magnitude 17.2) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Aug. 22.133 and 23.114 UT with a 30-cm RCX400 telescope at the Klein Karoo Observatory. The new object is located at R.A. = 2:55:41.20, Decl. = -27:25:27.6 (equinox 2000.0; UCAC2 reference stars), is which is 11" east and 4" south of the core of the Sc-type galaxy ESO 417-3. Nothing is visible at this position earlier images taken by Monard (limit magnitude 18.5 and deeper) or on red Digitized Sky Survey images down to mag 20.5. The variable was designated PSN J02554120-2725276 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012fx based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012fx: Mar. 12.76, [18.0 (Monard); Aug. 23.808, 19.1 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; infrared filter; wavelength > 700 nm; position end figures 41s.27, 26".3; image posted at URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7847465058/); 24.056, 17.1 (Monard); 24.720, R = 17.8 (Brimacombe; position end figures 41s.25, 26".1); 25.947, 16.7 (Monard). Brimacombe's Aug. 24 image is posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/7867173774/.