2012CBET.3071....1S

John Seach, Chatsworth Island, NSW, Australia, reports his discovery of a possible nova (mag 10.7) in the LMC on six images (limiting mag 11.5) taken with a digital SLR camera (+ 50-mm f/1.0 lens) on Mar. 26.397 UT; he gave the position as R.A. = 4:55:00, Decl. = -70:27:15 (equinox 2000.0), adding that nothing is visible at this position on a red Palomar Sky Survey image. The variable was designated TCP J04550000-7027150 when it was posted by Seach at the Central Bureau's TOCP webpage. Additional magnitudes for the new variable: Mar. 14.022, [12.5 (W. Liller, Vina del Mar, Chile; 20-cm Schmidt camera + Tech Pan film, unfiltered); 27.011, 10.8 (Liller); 27.480, 10.5 (J. Brimacombe, Cairns, Australia; 41-cm RCOS telescope + STL6K camera + infrared filter; wavelength range > 700 nm; position R.A. = 4:54:56.80, Decl. = -70:26:56.6); 27.602, 12.0 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, Western Australia; visual). Brimacombe has posted his image at the following website URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43846774@N02/6875783010/.