SIMBAD references

H. E. Bond, Space Telescope Science Institute; and F. Walter, State University of New York at Stony Brook, report that spectrograms (range 350-530 nm; resolution 0.4 nm) of V2574 Oph were obtained by A. Pasten with the SMARTS Consortium 1.5-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory on Apr. 16.25- 16.27 UT. The spectrum resembles that of an F supergiant, with strong absorption lines of Fe II and no obvious emission lines. The absorption lines are blueshifted by about -410 km/s. The object thus appears to be a slow classical nova caught near maximum light.