SIMBAD references

S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan, reports the discovery of a possible supernova (mag 13.8) by K. Itagaki (Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan) on numerous unfiltered CCD frames taken around 2006 Oct. 9.752 UT using a 0.60-m f/5.7 reflector. Itagaki provides a position for this object as follows: R.A. = 9h17m20s.78, Decl. = +41o54'32".7 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11" west and 7" south of the center of UGC 4904. An independent discovery of this object, also at mag 13.8, has been reported by T. Puckett and R. Gorelli from an unfiltered CCD image taken with a 0.35-m reflector at Ellijay, GA, on 2006 Oct. 10.33 in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search, the position end figures given as 20s.85, 33".0 (and offset 8".8 west, 8".8 south of the galaxy center). Additional recent magnitudes for the variable object: 2005 Dec. 11, [19.8 (Puckett); 2006 Sept. 21.793, [19.5 (Itagaki); 22, [19.0 (Itagaki); Oct. 10.725, 13.9 (Itagaki). Itagaki adds that nothing is visible at this location on the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS).