V838 Mon: An L supergiant?

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We present a 0.8-2.5 μm spectrum of the peculiar variable V838 Mon, obtained on 2002 October 29. We see one of the coolest stars - certainly the coolest supergiant - ever observed, with deep water bands and other spectral signatures normally associated with very late L and T brown dwarfs. We suggest that V838 Mon may be the first known 'L supergiant'.

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Evans, A., Geballe, T. R., Rushton, M. T., Smalley, B., Van Loon, J. T., Eyres, S. P. S., & Tyne, V. H. (2003). V838 Mon: An L supergiant? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 343(3), 1054–1056. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06755.x

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