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astro-ph.SR2026

SPICY 30021: an embedded bona fide FUor with a mid-infrared precursor

Zhen Guo, Calum Morris, Vitor Fermiano +37

Unstable mass accretion in young stellar objects (YSOs) often leads to observable outbursts, which play a key role in stellar mass assembly during pre-main-sequence evolution. The…

astro-ph.SR2026

A Multiwavelength View of Oph II: Disentangling the Variability of the Multi-Star Component C

Sean J. Gunderson, Walter W. Golay, Jackson Codd +8

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the star Oph C, covering X-ray, optical, near-infrared, and radio observations to test for the presence of interferometrically-detected…

astro-ph.SR2026

Eta Carinae's historical light curve: evidence for cyclic Roche lobe overflow from the primary star

Augusto Damineli, Leonardo A. Almeida, Francisco J. Jablonski +5

The large amount of ground-based photometric measurements of Carinae obtained since 1940 have remained problematic for quantitative modeling due to the blending of flux from th…

astro-ph.GA2026

Unveiling the enigma of the Nakashima-Deguchi object (IRAS 19312+1950): a candidate Orion KL analog

Y. Gong, K. M. Menten, T. Kamiński +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…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Triple System V1371 Tau: An Eclipsing Binary with an Outer Be Star

Danilo F. Rocha, Marcelo Emilio, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz +10

Although triple systems are common, their orbital dynamics and stellar evolution remain poorly understood. We investigated the V1371 Tau system using TESS photometry, multi-epoch s…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

X-Raying a Be star disk: fundamental parameters of the eclipsing binary Be star V658 Car

Tajan H. de Amorim, Alex C. Carciofi, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz +8

With its two stellar eclipses and two disk attenuations per binary orbit, V658 Carinae stands out as the first clear eclipsing Be + sdOB system. This rare alignment offers a unique…

astro-ph.GA2025

IRAS 16475-4609: A Young Compact HII Region Sculpting Its Molecular Environment

Felipe Navarete, Sean D. Points, Augusto Damineli

We present a near-infrared spectroscopic and imaging analysis of the star-forming region IRAS 16475-4609, based on TripleSpec/SOAR spectroscopy and NEWFIRM/CTIO imaging, complement…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 11 cited

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…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

ATLASGAL-selected high-mass clumps in the inner Galaxy: XI. Morphology and kinematics of warm inner envelopes

Thanh Dat Hoang, Min-Young Lee, Friedrich Wyrowski +3

(Abridged) Massive stellar embryos are embedded in warm envelopes that provide mass reservoirs for the accretion process onto final stars. Feedback from star formation activities i…

astro-ph.SR2024

Visual Orbits of Wolf-Rayet Stars II: The Orbit of the Nitrogen-Rich WR Binary WR 138 measured with the CHARA Array

Amanda Holdsworth, Noel Richardson, Gail H. Schaefer +19

Classical Wolf-Rayet stars are descendants of massive OB-type stars that have lost their hydrogen-rich envelopes, and are in the final stages of stellar evolution, possibly explodi…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Fourth S-PLUS Data Release: 12-filter photometry covering square degrees in the southern hemisphere

Fabio R. Herpich, Felipe Almeida-Fernandes, Gustavo B. Oliveira Schwarz +68

The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS) is a project to map sq deg of the sky using twelve bands (seven narrow and five broadbands). Observations are per…

astro-ph.SR2024

Early-Time Observations of SN 2023wrk: A Luminous Type Ia Supernova with Significant Unburned Carbon in the Outer Ejecta

Jialian Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, Cristina Andrade +44

We present extensive photometric and spectroscopic observations of the nearby Type Ia supernova (SN) 2023wrk at a distance of about 40 Mpc. The earliest detection of this SN can be…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 38 cited

The VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea eXtended (VVVX) ESO public survey: Completion of the observations and legacy

R. K. Saito, M. Hempel, J. Alonso-García +143

The ESO public survey VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) surveyed the inner Galactic bulge and the adjacent southern Galactic disk from . Upon its conclusion, the c…

astro-ph.GA2024

On the Origin of Fast Rotating Stars. I. Photometric calibration and results of AO-assisted BVRI+Halpha imaging of NGC330 with SAMI/SOAR

Felipe Navarete, Pedro Ticiani dos Santos, Alex Cavaliéri Carciofi +1

H emission is a clear indicator of circumstellar activity in Be stars, historically employed to assess the classical Be star (CBe) population in young open clusters (YOCs). The…

astro-ph.SR2023

Long-term evolution in ionization of ejecta illuminated by Eta Carinae

Augusto Damineli, Noel D. Richardson, Felipe Navarete +6

Changes in the flux and spectrum of Eta Carinae since 1900 have been attributed to the evolution of the central binary by some. Others suggest evolution in the occulting ejecta. Th…

astro-ph.SR2023

VVV-WIT-12 and its fashionable nebula: a four year long period Young Stellar Object with a light echo?

Roberto K. Saito, Bringfried Stecklum, Dante Minniti +7

We report the serendipitous discovery of VVV-WIT-12, an unusual variable source that seems to induce variability in its surrounding nebula. The source belongs to the rare objects t…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

NANCY: Next-generation All-sky Near-infrared Community surveY

Jiwon Jesse Han, Arjun Dey, Adrian M. Price-Whelan +206

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is capable of delivering an unprecedented all-sky, high-spatial resolution, multi-epoch infrared map to the astronomical community. This oppor…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 2 cited

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Ultracompact \ion{H}{2} regions in W51A with NIFS/ALTAIR

Cassio L. Barbosa, Felipe Navarete, Robert D. Blum +1

W51A is the most active star formation region of the Giant \ion{H}{2} region W51. It harbors the two massive proto-clusters W51e and W51\,IRS2, which are very rare in the Galaxy. W…

astro-ph.SR2022

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 in…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 7 cited

Distance and age of the massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1. II. The eclipsing binary W36

Danilo F. Rocha, Leonardo A. Almeida, Augusto Damineli +3

Westerlund 1 (Wd 1) is one of the most relevant star clusters in the Milky Way to study massive star formation, although it is still poorly known. Here, we used photometric and spe…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 6 cited

Changes in the Na D Absorption Components of Carinae Provide Clues on the Location of the Dissipating Central Occulter

Connor S. Pickett, Noel D. Richardson, Theodore Gull +9

The Na D absorption doublet in the spectrum of Carinae is complex, with multiple absorption features associated with the Great Eruption (1840s), the Lesser Eruption (1890s), an…