SIMBAD references

Further to IAUC 8603, N. Tyurina, V. Lipunov, V. Kornilov, A. Krylov, G. Borisov, A. Belinski, D. Kuvshinov, E. Gorbovskoy, P. Gritsyk, and M. Sinitsyn report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 15.8, close to R) on three unfiltered CCD images taken with the 0.355-m MASTER robotic telescope around Feb. 17.969 UT; a prediscovery image of the new object at mag about 17.0 was then found from a frame taken on Feb. 8.99. SN 2006ak is located at R.A. = 11h09m32s.83, Decl. = +28o37'50".3 (equinox 2000.0; estimated uncertainty ± 1"), which is 6" west and 18" north of the center of the apparent host galaxy.