SIMBAD references

L. A. Crause, University of Cape Town, communicates post- conjunction Cousins photometry of V838 Mon, obtained with the South African Astronomical Observatory 1.0-m telescope on Sept. 11.13 UT: V = 15.65, V-R = +3.22, V-I = +6.17. The star brightened by about 0.5 mag in V during the past 4 months, and the light echo has expanded to a radius of about 52".