SIMBAD references

H. E. Bond, Space Telescope Science Institute, writes that a spectrogram (range 365-545 nm; resolution 0.43 nm) of the Malek nova candidate was obtained with the SMARTS 1.5-m telescope on Cerro Tololo by M. Hernandez and F. Walter on Nov. 30.37 UT. The spectrum confirms that the object is a classical nova, of the "Fe II" type. The spectrum is dominated by broad emission lines of the Balmer series and of Fe II emission features. The FWZI of H-beta is about 4000 km/s. Continued spectroscopic and photometric observations are urged.