SIMBAD references

Vladimir Lipunov reports the discovery of an optical transient (mag 18.3) on unfiltered CCD images (limiting mag 20.3) taken by the MASTER-net auto- detection system (see website URL (http://observ.pereplet.ru) at Kislovodsk, Russia, on Oct. 29.36 UT using two 40-cm telescope tubes (+ Apogee CCD Alta U16m camera; field-of-view 2 deg x 4 deg). The new object is located at R.A. = 2:48:49.60, Decl. = -8:04:30.0 (equinox 2000.0, presumed). A galaxy of magnitude g = 21.3 in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey is very close to this position.