SIMBAD references

L. A. G. Monard, Pretoria, South Africa, reports his discovery of an apparent supernova (magnitude 16.6) on unfiltered CCD images taken on May 5.134 and 11.132 UT. The new object is located at R.A. = 0:34:44.53, Decl. = -8:23:57.6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 34" west and 10" south of the galaxy core of NGC 157. Nothing is seen at this position in the Digitized Sky Survey images down to red mag 20.5 or on the previous image of this galaxy taken at the Bronberg Observatory on Jan. 26.253 (limiting mag 18.5).