The spectroscopic evolution of theγ-ray emitting classical nova Nova Mon 2012

Aims. Among the classical novae, the ONe subgroup, distinguished by their large overabundance of neon, are thought to occur on the most massive white dwarfs. Nova Mon 2012 was the first classical nova to be detected as a high energy γ-ray transient, by Fermi-LAT, before its optical discovery. The first optical spectra obtained about 55 days after γ-ray peak, were strikingly similar to the ONe class after the transition to the nebular (optically thin) spectrum. The current paper presents our subsequent optical and ultraviolet observations.