Electronic Telegram No. 327 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html SUPERNOVA 2005ly IN UGC 934 M. Modjaz, S. Blondin, R. Kirshner, and P. Challis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; and T. Matheson, National Optical Astrononmy Observatory, report that a spectrum (range 350-740 nm) of SN 2005ly (cf. CBET 325), obtained by P. Berlind on Dec. 23.19 UT with the F. L. Whipple Observatory 1.5-m telescope (+ FAST), shows it to be a type-IIn supernova. The spectrum consists of a blue continuum, indicating young age, and Balmer emission lines with a narrow component with a velocity width of about 500 km/s (FWHM) superposed on a weaker and broader component with a velocity width of about 3000 km/s (FWHM), after removing the NED recession velocity of 10370 km/s for the host galaxy (from Falco et al. 1999, PASP 111, 438). NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the printed IAU Circulars. (C) Copyright 2005 CBAT 2005 December 23 (CBET 327) Daniel W. E. Green