Hello Doug, I checked location of this new variable in the first in GCVS vol. V (extragalactic variables). No object close to this position. So, yesterday I agree with A. Filippenko - he will take a spectrum on 3-m Shane telescope (he have time on this telescope after Sept. 12). My first observation from 2001-08-16.958 UT is very dificult - on image is hint of this object on the limit of the image. So, it can be flaw. Observations from this summer are much much better - I collected long exposures for better limiting magnitude. Doug, can you send this message to VSNET? Many thanks, Kamil Hornoch