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; and E. C. Beshore, S. M. Larson, and E. Christensen, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, report the discovery of an apparent supernova in public images from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS).

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2012 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2012gy Nov. 15.36 7 56 35.55 +39 54 07.2 18.2 1".8 W, 2".2 N ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J07563555+3954072 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2012gy based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2012gy: Oct. 25.37, [19.5 (CSS); Nov. 17.378, 17.4 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; luminance filter; position end figures 35s.71, 05".5; image posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/8194687251); 21.009, R = 17.2 (J. Nicolas, Vallauris, France; 0.41-m f/3.3 reflector; position end figures 35s.71, 05".6); 21.195, 18.0 (Federica Luppi and Luca Buzzi, Varese, Italy; position end figures 35s.71, 05".1; image posted at URL http://www.astrogeo.va.it/pub/TOCP/PSN_J07563555+3954072.jpg).