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  "abstract": "One of the most puzzling discoveries since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is a numerous population of sources at high redshift nicknamed ``Little Red Dots'' (LRDs). Characterized by broad Balmer emission lines, compact morphologies and v-shaped spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in the rest-frame optical, the nature of LRDs remains elusive. A major challenge is the high redshift nature of LRDs, which makes observations very expensive and difficult. Finding local LRD analogues is a crucial step in unravelling the physical processes giving rise to LRDs, as cheaper observations with many facilities would become available. In this paper, we conduct a search for local LRD analogues by starting from an unbiased parent catalogue of all SDSS objects with broad H$α$ or H$β$ emission lines (both galaxies and quasars) at $0 < z < 0.35$, complemented by archival photometry and spectroscopy. We find that among broad-line objects, $19\\%$ show a v-shaped SED. We then select objects whose SED is well described by a modified black body (MBB), and identify nine local LRD analogues. After accounting for selection limitations we get an abundance of $0.08\\%$ of all objects with broad lines. Among only objects which match the typical continuum and emission line luminosities of LRDs, $5\\%$ display a v-shape and $0.37\\%$ display a MBB-like SED. We recover one previously-identified local LRD analogue (the so-called ``Egg''), validating our methodology. Among the other eight analogues, one (J0302$-$0101) shows all the hallmarks of an LRD despite being visibly embedded in the core of a galaxy; another object is ambiguous, and the remaining six may have alternative explanations for their peculiar SEDs. Our study highlights that LRDs are extremely rare at $z < 0.35$; we find very few objects with broad lines which have LRD-like SEDs, even without attempting to match the compactness of LRDs.",
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  "arxiv": "2608.05267",
  "author_total": 2,
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Lasse Seyberlich"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sarah E. I. Bosman"
    }
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/arnx76gp8y6f1.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2608.05267",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.05267",
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  "published": "2026-10-26",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/arnx76gp8y6f1.ris",
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  "title": "Where did all the Little Red Dots go? The abundance of LRD analogues among objects with broad lines at $z < 0.35$",
  "title_text": "Where did all the Little Red Dots go? The abundance of LRD analogues among objects with broad lines at z < 0.35",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:35:35Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/arnx76gp8y6f1",
  "venue": "arXiv",
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