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<i>Spitzer</i>Observations of the New Luminous Red Nova M85 OT2006โ€1

<i>Spitzer</i>Observations of the New Luminous Red Nova M85 OT2006โ€1

M85OT2006-1 is the latest and most brilliant addition to the small group of known Luminous Red Novae (LRNe). An identifying characteristic of the previously detected events (M31 RV, V4322 Sgr &amp; V838 Mon) was a spectral red-ward evolution connected with an emerging infrared component following the optical decay. Here we โ€ฆ