2005CBET..142....1M

N. Morrell, G. Folatelli, C. Contreras, and M. Hamuy, Las Campanas Observatory, report that an optical spectrum (range 380-920 nm) of SN 2005bo (cf. IAUC 8514), obtained in the course of the Carnegie Supernova Project on Apr. 18.23 UT with the Las Campanas 2.5-m du Pont telescope (+ WFCCD spectrograph), reveals it to be a normal type-Ia supernova at about maximum light. The expansion velocity derived from the minimum of the Si II 635.5-nm line is 10700 km/s, assuming the recession velocity for NGC 4708 given by the NED database.