SIMBAD references

M. Della Valle, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Arcetri, Florence; and A. Ederoclite, L. Schmidtobreick, L. Germany, T. Dall, and I. Saviane, European Southern Observatory, write: "Preliminary analysis of a spectrum (range 380–900 nm, resolution 48000), obtained on Mar. 18.3 UT at La Silla with the 2.2-m telescope (+ Fiber-fed Extended Range Optical Spectrograph), shows that V5114 Sgr is indeed a nova caught near maximum light. The spectrum is dominated by H lines, Ca II (mult. 2), and O I (mult. 34, 1) and Na I emission lines. Fe II emission lines (mult. 74, 55, 49, 42) are also detected, although they are still weak. All Balmer lines are flanked by double P-Cyg profiles whose minimum absorptions give maximum expansion velocities of about 1500 and 800 km/s, respectively. The equivalent widths of the Na D interstellar lines (0.11 and 0.10 nm) may suggest that this nova suffers from moderate absorption."