SIMBAD references

W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports his discovery of a possible nova (mag approximately 9.0) on three Technical Pan photographs taken with an 85-mm-f.l. camera lens (+ orange filter) around Feb. 17.37 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 17h58m.9, Decl. = -36o48' (equinox 2000.0). Nothing brighter than mag 11.0 was seen at this position on a photograph taken on Feb. 5.36. H. Yamaoka, Kyushu University, reports the independent discovery of this possible nova at mag about 8.6 on Feb. 17.84 by Minoru Yamamoto (Okazaki, Aichi, Japan) via two digital-camera images taken with a 85-mm-f.l. camera lens and a Fuji Finepix S2Pro camera; Yamamoto's position for the new object is R.A. = 17h58m54s, Decl. = -36d47'40".