SIMBAD references

D. K. Lynch, R. W. Russell, and D. Kim, The Aerospace Corporation; and M. L. Sitko, University of Cincinnati, report 3-14-micron spectroscopy of V838 Mon on Jan. 8.4 UT, about a year after visual maximum brightness: "Using the Aerospace Broadband Array Spectrograph System (BASS) on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility 3-m telescope, we observed a spectrum dominated by what appear to be molecular absorption/emission bands, most of which are unidentified except for water near 3 microns. A quasi-continuum was apparent with a temperature of about 1000 K (with considerable temperature uncertainty). Narrow-band magnitudes (± 0.05) were M = 2.7 and N = 1.3. This represents a significant brightening and shape change since our previous observations with the same equipment on 2002 Jan. 15.49. At that time, the spectrum was smooth and consistent with a black body at about 2350 K, except between 8 and 10 microns, which showed a roughly-50-percent excess. The narrow-band magnitudes were L = 5.3, M = 5.2 and N = 5.2, each ± 0.1."