2005IAUC.8492....2Q

Quimby adds nothing is visible on the Digitized Sky Survey at the location of 2005ap, and a spectrum (range 430-890 nm), obtained on Mar. 7.46 with the 9.2-m Hobby/Eberly Telescope (+ Marcario Low- Resolution Spectrograph) by B. Roman and V. Riley, shows a flat continuum with broad absorption at 526 and 557 nm; there are no features that would suggest a Galactic source. The spectrum is similar to the recent CfA spectrum of 2005an (cf. IAUC 8491), but of higher S/N; as with 2005an, Quimby et al. believe that SN 2005ap is an early type-II supernova, but given the general lack of distinct features, they cannot associate it with a template.