Nova Cephei 2014; Near-IR observations
ATel #5996; N. M. Ashok, D. P.K. Banerjee, V. Venkataraman and Vishal Joshi; Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad INDIA
on 21 Mar 2014; 15:53 UT
Credential Certification: Dipankar P.K. Banerjee (orion@prl.res.in)
Subjects: Infra-Red, Nova
Spectra of Nova Cephei 2014, discovered on 9 March 2014 (CBET 2825)
were obtained on 13, 15 and 20 March at R ~ 1000 (0.85 to 2.4 micron range) with the 1.2m
Mount Abu Telescope + the recently commissioned Near-Infrared Camera
Spectrograph (NICS). The spectra show P Cygni features and are
typical of the Fe II class of novae which in the NIR show prominent HI and OI lines
but are distinguished from the He/N class by displaying
numerous strong lines of Carbon (see Banerjee and Ashok, 2012, BASI, for the NIR
templates of both classes). No first overtone CO emission at 2.29 microns
and beyond is seen.
