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We obtained U BV R photometric and spectroscopic observations during the outburst of V838 Mon. Before its outburst, the B brightness of the star had been stable (\(\tilde15.^m 85\)) for 45 years. This was a blue star with the color index \((B - V)_0 = - 0\mathop .\limits^m 03 \pm 0\mathop .\limits^m 1\) and may have been a cataclysmic variable. In the middle of March 2002, the outburst amplitude reached \(8\mathop .\limits^m 1\) in B. The star has the counterpart V 1006/7 in M 31 in luminosity at maximum and in spectrum. The unusual spectrum at the premaximum stage originated in the expanding photosphere of a cool K-type giant. The expansion velocity of the photosphere was 150 km s−1; the maximum velocity in the expanding stellar envelope reached 500 km s−1. The absorption components of neutral metal lines were enhanced by a factor of 3 or 4 compared to a normal K-type star. No overabundance of s-process elements was found. One day before the brightness peak, an intense Hα emission line with broad wings, FWZI=3100 km s−1, and numerous lines of ionized metals appeared in V838 Mon, which is characteristic of normal classical novae. We show light, color, and spectral variations of the object.
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Translated from Pis'ma v Astronomicheski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Zhurnal, Vol. 28, No. 10, 2002, pp. 764–774.
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Goranskii, V.P., Kusakin, A.V., Metlova, N.V. et al. Nova Monocerotis 2002 (V838 Mon) at early outburst stages. Astron. Lett. 28, 691–700 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1512226
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