SIMBAD references

S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the independent discoveries of an apparent nova by Akihiko Tago (Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan; at mag 7.6 on two T-Max 400 films taken with a Pentax 67 camera on Nov. 20.672 UT), and Yukio Sakurai (Mito, Ibaragi-ken, Japan; two CCD frames taken on Nov. 20.812 using a Fuji 'Fine Pix S2' camera + Nikon 180-mm f/2.8 lens). Tago gave the variable's position as R.A. = 7h42m52s, Decl. = -27o06'35" (equinox 2000.0), adding that nothing was visible at this location on his films from Nov. 16.76 (limiting mag 11.5). Nakano measured position end figures 41m53s.76, 36".9 from Sakurai's image, which shows the variable at mag 7.4; Sakurai notes that nothing was visible to mag 13.6 at this location on Nov. 12 and 16. Better-scale unfiltered CCD images yield position end figures 41m53s.56, 38".3 by R. Kushida (Yatsugatake South Base Observatory, 0.40-m Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 reflector; mag 6.9 on Nov. 21.625) and 41m53s.59, 38".1 by K. Kadota (Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m f/5.0 reflector; mag 7.0 on Nov. 21.701). Kadota notes the presence of a star near this variable on Digitized Sky Survey plates taken in 1980, 1992, and 1995, with a USNO-A2.0 star having position end figures 41m53s.61, 39".1 (red mag 17.7, blue mag 18.2).