SIMBAD references

W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile, reports the discovery of an apparent nova (mag approximately 12.1) in the Large Magellanic Cloud from two photographs taken with Kodak Technical Pan film on May 4.994 UT, the position given as R.A. = 5h31m28s ± 3s, Decl. = -67o05'38" ± 8" (equinox 2000.0). No star brighter than mag about 19 appears at this position on a U.K. Schmidt image of the field, and nothing brighter than mag 14.0 was visible on Liller's photograph from 2009 Apr. 23.01. L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports a confirmation of the presumed nova at unfiltered mag 12.5 on CCD images taken under less-than-ideal conditions on May 7.716, the position end figures measured as 26s.42, 39".4, adding that no star is visible at this position on the Digitized Sky Survey (limiting red mag 20), though there is a star of red mag approximately 18.5 located about 1" southwest of the new object.