SIMBAD references

John Seach, Chatsworth Island, NSW, Australia, reports his discovery of a possible nova on three 6-s CCD exposures (limiting mag 11) obtained on Jan. 20.22 UT with a Nikon D300 camera (+ 50-mm f/1.4 lens + orange filter). The variable star is located at R.A. = 18:07:26, Decl. -29d01' (equinox 2000.0); Nothing is visible at this position on his images taken on 2009 Nov. 15.89 (limiting magnitude 11.5), though several faint stars are located near this position on a European Southern Observatory photograph taken in 1987 (via the Digitized Sky Survey).