SIMBAD references

P. Williams, Heathcote, N.S.W., reports that this eruptive variable (cf. IAUC 4676, 4966), usually near mag 18, appears to be undergoing an outburst and is near maximum brightness for the first time since 1997, as indicated by his visual magnitude estimates: 2004 Nov. 14.493 UT, [13.5; Dec. 18.497, [13.5; 2005 Jan. 5.509, 14.0; 5.518, 14.0. CCD images obtained by C. Bembrick (Mt. Tarana, N.S.W.; mag V = 14.0) on Jan. 6.5 and by S. Lee (Coonabarabran, N.S.W.) on Jan. 6.6 confirm the current bright state.