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most citedThe Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. III. Optical and UV Spectra of a Blue Kilonova From Fast Polar Ejecta

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astro-ph.HE2017★ 498 cited

The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. III. Optical and UV Spectra of a Blue Kilonova From Fast Polar Ejecta

M. Nicholl, E. Berger, D. Kasen +31

We present optical and ultraviolet spectra of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave (GW) source, the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Spectra were obtai…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 204 cited

The Carnegie Supernova Project I: Third Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae and Other White Dwarf Explosions

Kevin Krisciunas, Carlos Contreras, Christopher R. Burns +27

We present final natural system optical (ugriBV) and near-infrared (YJH) photometry of 134 supernovae (SNe) with probable white dwarf progenitors that were observed in 2004-2009 as…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 56 cited

The Carnegie Supernova Project I: photometry data release of low-redshift stripped-envelope supernovae

M. D. Stritzinger, J. P. Anderson, C. Contreras +28

The first phase of the Carnegie Supernova Project (CSP-I) was a dedicated supernova follow-up program based at the Las Campanas Observatory that collected science data of young, lo…

astro-ph.GA2017★ 14 cited

First results from SAM-FP: Fabry-Perot observations with ground-layer adaptive optics - the structure and kinematics of the core of 30 Doradus

Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Philippe Amram, Bruno Quint +3

The aim of this paper is to present the first data set obtained with SOAR Adaptive Module-Fabry-Parot (SAM-FP), a Fabry-Perot instrument mounted inside the SOAR telescope Adaptive-…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 22 cited

The variability of the BRITE-est Wolf-Rayet binary, Velorum I. Photometric and spectroscopic evidence for colliding winds

Noel D. Richardson, Christopher M. P. Russell, Lucas St-Jean +26

We report on the first multi-color precision light curve of the bright Wolf-Rayet binary Velorum, obtained over six months with the nanosatellites in the BRITE- Constellation…