Publications (13)
The VISTA Variables in the VÃa Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy
R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-GarcÃa +143
The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the VÃa Láctea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from . Upon its conclusion, the…
Multi-band analyses of the bright GRB 230812B and the associated SN2023pel
T. Hussenot-Desenonges, T. Wouters, N. Guessoum +109
GRB~230812B is a bright and relatively nearby () long gamma-ray burst (GRB) that has generated significant interest in the community and has thus been observed over the en…
The long-term spectral changes of eta Carinae: are they caused by a dissipating occulter as indicated by CMFGEN models?
A. Damineli, D. J. Hillier, F. Navarete +23
Eta Carinae (\,Car) exhibits a unique set of P Cygni profiles with both broad and narrow components. Over many decades, the spectrum has changed -- there has been an increase i…
Spectroscopic Signatures of the Vanishing Natural Coronagraph of eta Carinae
A. Damineli, F. Navarete, D. J. Hillier +7
Eta Carinae is a massive interacting binary system shrouded in a complex circumstellar environment whose evolution is the source of the long-term brightening observed during the la…
Benchmark brown dwarfs -- I. A blue M2 + T5 wide binary and a probable young [M4 + M4] + [T7 + T8] hierarchical quadruple
Z. H. Zhang, F. Navarete, M. C. Galvez-Ortiz +13
Benchmark brown dwarfs in wide binary systems are crucial for characterizing substellar objects and calibrating atmospheric and evolutionary models. However, brown dwarf benchmarks…
Searching for active low-mass stars in CMa star-forming region: multi-band photometry with T80S
J. Gregorio-Hetem, F. Navarete, A. Hetem +10
An exotic environment surrounds the young stellar groups associated with the Canis Major (CMa) OB1/R1 region, which probably was formed under feedback from at least three supernova…
Unveiling the enigma of the Nakashima-Deguchi object (IRAS 19312+1950): a candidate Orion KL analog
Y. Gong, K. M. Menten, T. KamiÅski +5
The Nakashima-Deguchi object (NDO; aka IRAS 19312+1950) has been recognized as an enigmatic object, exhibiting characteristics of both an evolved star and a star-forming region. Ho…
The GRANDMA network in preparation for the fourth gravitational-wave observing run
S. Agayeva, V. Aivazyan, S. Alishov +98
GRANDMA is a world-wide collaboration with the primary scientific goal of studying gravitational-wave sources, discovering their electromagnetic counterparts and characterizing the…
The Stellar Content of Obscured Galactic Giant HII Regions. VII. W3
F. Navarete, E. Figueredo, A. Damineli +3
Spectrophotometric distances in the K band have been reported by different authors for a number of obscured Galactic HII regions. Almost 50% of them show large discrepancies compar…
GRANDMA Observations of ZTF/Fink Transients during Summer 2021
V. Aivazyan, M. Almualla, S. Antier +80
We present our follow-up observations with GRANDMA of transient sources revealed by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF). Over a period of six months, all ZTF triggers were examined…
He II 4686 emission from the massive binary system in Car: constraints to the orbital elements and the nature of the periodic minima
M. Teodoro, A. Damineli, B. Heathcote +27
η Carinae is an extremely massive binary system in which rapid spectrum variations occur near periastron. Most notably, near periastron the He II line increases rapidly i…
Limits on the Ejecta Mass During the Search for Kilonovae Associated with Neutron Star-Black Hole Mergers: A case study of S230518h, GW230529, S230627c and the Low-Significance Candidate S240422ed
M. Pillas, S. Antier, K. Ackley +78
Neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers, detectable via their gravitational-wave (GW) emission, are expected to produce kilonovae (KNe). Four NSBH candidates have been identified an…
Ready for O4 II: GRANDMA Observations of Swift GRBs during eight-weeks of Spring 2022
I. Tosta e Melo, J. -G. Ducoin, Z. Vidadi +106
We present a campaign designed to train the GRANDMA network and its infrastructure to follow up on transient alerts and detect their early afterglows. In preparation for O4 II camp…