SIMBAD references

Further to IAUC 8478, S. Nakano reports the discovry by K. Itagaki of an apparent supernova (red mag 17.4) on numerous unfiltered CCD frames taken around Feb. 6.402 UT; Itagaki reports the new object at mag 16.6 on a CCD image taken on Feb. 7.434. SN 2005ad is located at R.A. = 2h28m29s.45, Decl. = -1o08'20".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 23" east and 45" north of the center of NGC 941. Nothing is visible at this location on CCD frames taken by Itagaki on Jan. 8 (limiting mag 19) and on 2003 Sept. 28 and earlier (limiting mag 19.5); it is also absent from an unspecified Digitized Sky Survey image.