2005IAUC.8479....1N

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.