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; R. H. McNaught and G. Garradd, Australian National University; 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 public images from the Mount Lemmon Survey:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------— SN 2011 UT R.A. (2000.0) Decl. Mag. Offset ---------------------------------------------------------------------------— 2011ik Nov. 24.20 2 25 04.09 +22 12 51.9 17.9 7".1 W, 9".3 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------—

The variable was designated PSN J02250409+2212519 when it was posted at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage and is here designated SN 2011ik based on the spectroscopic confirmation reported below. Additional CCD magnitudes for 2011ik: Nov. 26.292 UT, 18.7 (Joseph Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; observed remotely using a 51-cm RCOS telescope + STL11K camera + luminance filter at the New Mexico Skies Observatory near Mayhill, New Mexico; position end figures 04s.19, 53".6; image posted at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6411553661/); 27.350, 17.2 (R. A. Koff, Bennett, CO, USA; Meade 0.25-m f/10 reflector + unfiltered Apogee AP-47p camera; limiting magnitude 18.7; marginal detection in galaxy glow; position end figures 04s.06, 53".0; UCAC3 reference stars).