We present new X-ray data with an improved position for the supersoft X-ray source RXJ0537.6–7033, and propose a candidate for the optical identification.

The source was initially designated as RXJ0537.7–7034 because there was a high uncertainty in the position, at the edge of the field of the ROSAT PSPC (Orio & Ögelman 1993). It was later observed three more times by the ROSAT PSPC at intervals of approximately 6 months, from the beginning of 1992 to the end of 1993. The change of the name is due to the new, more precise position obtained in these observations. The count rate was 0.021 ± 0.005 count s−1 in the first 1992 observation and remained at the same level in the second 1992 observation. The source was not detected in the first half of 1993, with an upper limit of 0.002 count s−1; finally in 1993 December it was detected with only 0.0035±0.0007 count s−1. It seems therefore to be very variable.