\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{t1}Log of spectroscopic observations of V838 Her.} %\centering \par \begin{tabular}{lrcrc} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} \hspace*{1ex} Date & UT\hspace{1ex} & JD & exp. & Range \\ \hspace*{1ex} 1991 & & & s~~ & \AA \\ \hline March 31 & 3:42 & 8~346.66 & 300 & 3870--5000 \\ April \hspace{1.5ex} 2 & 2:20 & 8~348.60 & 120 & 5980--7130 \\ April \hspace{1.5ex} 2 & 2:28 & 8~348.60 & 300 & " \\ April \hspace{1.5ex} 2 & 3:22 & 8~348.64 & 300 & 4920--6060 \\ April \hspace{1.5ex} 2 & 3:51 & 8~348.66 & 600 & 3900--5040 \\ July \hspace{2.5ex} 2 & 0:29 & 84~39.52 & 2400 & 3960--5100 \\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{JD: Julian date -- 2~440~000. UT: Universal time at start of \mbox{exposure}.} \end{table}