Variability of V838 Mon Before Its Outburst
  Archival observations of the progenitor of V838 Mon were re-calibrated as well as multiple images from the 2MASS and the DENIS near infrared surveys. Both - the better calibrated values as well as the variability found in the photographic material has strong effects for the fitting of the spectral energy distribution of the progenitor. 
S. Kimeswenger (Astro- u. Teilchenphysik Innsbruck) S.P.S. Eyres   (Dept. of Physics, Astronomy & Mathematics Preston)