tjmaccarone on 13-Aug-2024 22:49:20 GMT about V* V838 Mon
I agree with the previous annotation that this is not a classical nova, but I think re-labelling it as novalike would also be problematic. Novalike should refer to cataclysmic variables that are persistently bright. This system is not one of those. Red nova should be added as a class, or the object should be given a more generic optical transient classification.
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