[vsnet-campaign-v838mon 391] V838 Mon, recent photometry

[Arne Henden <aah@nofs.navy.mil>]

There have been some recent reports of "brightening" of
V838 Mon.  I don't see anything major here with the 1.0m.  The
last datapoint was 021014 UT, with V~15.7.  The nova
is of course extremely red (Ic~10.5), so unfiltered observations
will report it much brighter.  There are also several close
stars that will influence aperture photometry, along
with the bright lightecho shell.  You need to be
*very* careful in measuring this object!
Arne

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