SIMBAD references

D. K. Lynch and R. W. Russell, The Aerospace Corporation; and E. Polomski, University of Minnesota, report 3-14 micron spectroscopy of V838 Mon on Oct. 11.6 and 12.6 UT at the Infrared Telescope Facility (+ BASS). The object showed a smooth, monotonically decreasing spectrum toward longer wavelengths, with possible weak maxima at 8.7 and 10.6 microns. The double-peaked feature reported in February (IAUC 8078) has vanished, although there was evidence for a lingering absorption at 10.3 microns. The spectrum was much broader than can be represented by a Planck function, more closely resembling a power-law spectrum. Current infrared magnitudes: L = 3.52 ± 0.01, M = 2.70 ± 0.04, and N (10.5 microns) = 0.67 ± 0.02. Since February, the object's brightness appears unchanged at M but has brightened by about half a magnitude at N.