2005IAUC.8509....3M

M. Modjaz, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; and T. Matheson, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, report that a spectrum (range 340-730 nm) of SN 2005bf, obtained on Apr. 9.23 UT by H. Landt with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a young type-Ic supernova with a blue continuum and relatively shallow absorption lines. The spectrum is similar to early spectra of SN 1987M (Filippenko et al. 1990, A.J. 100, 1575).