2005CBET..137....1B

T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of two apparent supernovae on unfiltered CCD images taken with a 0.35-m reflector. SN 2005bi (mag 18.5) was observed on Apr. 11.015 and 12.004 UT at R.A. = 16h27m21s.27, Decl. = +39o06'43".2, which is approximately 10".0 west and 8".0 north of the center of MCG +07-34-36; nothing was visible at this location on Boles' images taken on 2004 Aug. 6 and May 27 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitized Sky Survey plates from 1993 (limiting mag 20.5) and 1989 (limiting blue mag 20.5). SN 2005bj (mag 17.7) was observed on Apr. 11.096 and 12.014 at R.A. = 16h49m44s.74, Decl. = +17o51'48".7, which is approximately 12".0 east and 3".5 south of the center of MCG +03-43-5; nothing was visible at this location on Boles' images taken on 2004 July 5 and May 22 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitized Sky Survey plates from 1992 (limiting mag 21.0) and 1991 (limiting blue mag 20.5).