SIMBAD references

J. Newton and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.7) on an unfiltered CCD image (limiting mag 19.0) taken with a 0.40-m reflector at Portal, AZ, U.S.A., on May 22.305 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object, which was confirmed at mag 16.4 on May 25.300 by Puckett with the 40-cm reflector at Portal, is located at R.A. = 15h43m53.25 Decl. = +67:45:42.5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 77" east and 2".8 north of the center of UGC 10018. Nothing is visible at this position on images taken by Puckett on 2010 Mar. 30 (limiting mag 19.0). The variable was designated PSN J15435325+6745425 when posted on the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011de based on the spectroscopic reports below. An image is posted at http://possdata.com/PSNJ15435325+6745425.jpg. The type-Ia supernova 2001bs also appeared in UGC 10018 (cf. IAUC 7631). Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia, writes that his stacked CCD images from May 26.301 (obtained remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.) yield unfiltered mag 16.1 and position end figures 53s.24, 43".0; his image is posted at website URL http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/5763719195/.