2006CBET..462....1B

T. Boles, Coddenham, England, reports the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 16.9) on unfiltered CCD images taken on Apr. 3.985 and 4.933 UT with a 0.35-m reflector. SN 2006bk is located at R.A. = 15h04m33s.61, Decl. = +35o57'51".1 (equinox 2000.0), which is approximately 10".6 east and 3".3 south of the center of MCG +06-33-20. Nothing is visible at this location on Boles' images from 2005 Sept. 4 and 2006 Jan. 28 (limiting mag 19.5) or on Digitized Sky Survey images from 1994 May 3 (limiting red mag 20.5) and 1998 Mar. 17 (limiting blue mag 21.0).