2005IAUC.8469....1B

T. Boles, Coddenham, Suffolk, England, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 18.2) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Jan. 15.141 and 19.073 UT with a 0.35-m reflector. The new object is located at R.A. = 15h53m25s.92, Decl. = +39o23'08".1, which is approximately 5".1 east and 2".7 south of the center of MCG +07-33-5. Nothing is present at this position on Boles' images from 2004 June 5 and Sept. 5 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitized Sky Survey plates from 1991 (limiting red mag 21.0) and 1988 (limiting blue mag 20.5).