Forbidden hugs in pandemic times. I. Luminous red nova AT 2019zhd, a new merger in M 31
We present the follow-up campaign of the luminous red nova (LRN) AT 2019zhd, the third event of this class observed in M 31. The object was followed by several sky surveys for about five months before the outburst, during which it showed a slow luminosity rise. In this phase, the absolute magnitude ranged from M r = -2.8 ± 0.2 mag to M r = -5.6 ± 0
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