SIMBAD references

F. M. Walter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, writes that red and blue spectra, obtained on Jan. 26.3 UT with the SMARTS 1.5-m telescope at Cerro Tololo, shows the new variable to be a classical nova near maximum. The H_alpha line has an equivalent with of about 93.0 nm and a FWHM of 6.0 nm. There is a possible wind absorption feature at -2550 km/s (650.7 nm), and there seems to be P-Cyg structure near the Na D lines. The blue spectrum is highly structured; H_gamma and H_delta are in emission with wind absorption at about -2000 km/s, but there is still an optically-thick photosphere.