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		| Paper: | 
		Historical Light Curves of Peculiar Red Novae V838 Mon and V4332 Sgr | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		363, The Nature of V838 Mon and its Light Echo | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		214 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Goranskij, V.P.; Metlova, N.V.; Shugarov, S.Yu.; Zharova, A.V.; Barsukova, E.A.; Kroll, P. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		On the basis of archive photographic plates, we established that both stars were binaries containing at least one blue star which is responsible for a nova-like explosion. | 
	 
	
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