SIMBAD references

A. J. Drake, S. G. Djorgovski, M. J. Graham, A. Mahabal, and R. Williams, California Institute of Technology; R. H. McNaught, Australian National University; J. L. Prieto, Princeton University; M. Catelan, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; and S. M. Larson and E. Christensen, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered Siding Spring Survey (SSS) images:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012gx Nov. 18.52 0 38 01.75 -13 51 39.5 14.5 6".9 W, 18".5 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J00380175-1351395 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012gx based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Further CCD magnitudes for 2012gx: July 19, [18.9 (SSS); Nov. 19.131, 14.8 (R. A. Koff, Bennett, CO, USA; Meade 0.25-m f/10 reflector + Apogee U-47 camera; limiting mag 18.0; position end figures 01s.73, 39".4; UCAC3 reference stars; image posted at website URL http://antelopehillsobservatory.org/SNpictures/PSNJ00380175-1351395final.jpg); 23.096, R = 14.8 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; position end figures 01s.70, 39".5); 24.225, R = 14.8 (Brimacombe; position end figures 01s.71, 39".5; image posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8221090003/). Brimacombe's Nov. 23 image is posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8221090003/.