Evolution of the stellar-merger red nova V1309 Scorpii: SED analysis

@article{Tylenda2016EvolutionOT,  title={Evolution of the stellar-merger red nova V1309 Scorpii: SED analysis},  author={Romuald Tylenda and Tomasz Kami'nski},  journal={arXiv: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics},  year={2016},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:35724352}}
One very important object for understanding the nature of red novae is V1309 Sco. Its pre-outburst observations showed that, before its red-nova eruption in 2008, it was a contact binary quickly evolving to the merger of the components. It thus provided us with a direct evidence that the red novae result from stellar mergers. We analyse the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the object and its evolution with time. From various optical and infrared surveys and observing programmes carried out… 

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