SIMBAD references

W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of an apparent nova (mag approximately 8.0) on two red photographs taken on July 4.049 UT (85-mm camera lens + Technical Pan film + deep orange filter), the new object appearing at R.A. = 18h17m.9, Decl. = -30o27' (equinox 2000.0); nothing was visible at this location on films taken by Liller on June 12 (limiting mag about 11.0). Liller adds that an unfiltered CCD image taken on July 5.085 shows the nova at mag 7.2, and that a spectrum taken at July 5.099 shows H_alpha peaking at about 2.1 times the brightness of the nearby continuum; its FWHM is approximately 970 km/s, while the expansion velocity derived from the sharp P-Cyg line is approximately 1300 km/s.