Abstract:
The authors present optical Spectrophotometric observations obtained between 1985 February 27 and May 17, following the recent outburst of nova RS Ophiuchi. The photographic spectra cover the region 4300 - 8900 Å, at dispersions ranging from 56 Å mm-1 to 209 Å mm/sup-1, whereas the photoelectric scans are restricted to 6300 - 1700 Å, with a band pass of 10 Å. The present spectra are very similar to those of previous outbursts.