X-ray pulsar MX0656-072 ATEL #202 (Pakull et al.) reports the possible optical counterpart of MX0656-072. The object is reported to have an O9.7Ve spectrum. The suggested counterpart is: GSC4813.440 065817.23 -071234.8 (2000.0) 12.71 0 GSC4813.440 065817.26 -071235.1 (2000.0) 12.67 0 2MASS 065817.286 -071235.15 (2000.0) 9.626 9.317 8.982 065816.9 -071220 (2000.0) 1RXS-F_J065817.0-071221 0.046 0.86 0.60 See ATEL #202 for more details. Regards, Taichi Kato

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