3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Opposition effect of comet 28P/Neujmin observed with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam
Takafumi Ootsubo, Hideyo Kawakita, Tadafumi Takata +8
We present an observational study of the nucleus of comet 28P/Neujmin at a heliocentric distance exceeding 10 au, where coma contamination is effectively minimized. Observations we…
astro-ph.EP2026
An optical transient candidate of 2-second duration captured by wide-field video observations
Noriaki Arima, Mamoru Doi, Shigeyuki Sako +14
Recent time-domain surveys have revealed rapid transients that evolve on timescales of days, expanding the transient population into the short-duration regime. The tr…
astro-ph.EP2024
Comet 289P/Blanpain: Near-Perihelion Activity and the Phoenicids
Toshihiro Kasuga
We present NEOWISE observations of Jupiter family comet 289P/Blanpain, the parent body of the Phoenicid meteoroid stream. Near-infrared images at 3.4m () and 4.6m (…