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Infrared spectroscopy of the recent outburst in V1047 Cen (Nova Centauri 2005)
T. R. Geballe, D. P. K. Banerjee, A. Evans +14
Fourteen years after its eruption as a classical nova (CN), V1047 Cen (Nova Cen 2005) began an unusual re-brightening in 2019 April. The amplitude of the brightening suggests that…
GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-Infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger
Igor Andreoni, Daniel A. Goldstein, Mansi M. Kasliwal +49
On 2019 August 14, the Advanced LIGO and Virgo interferometers detected the high-significance gravitational wave (GW) signal S190814bv. The GW data indicated that the event resulte…
To TDE or not to TDE: The luminous transient ASASSN-18jd with TDE-like and AGN-like qualities
J. M. M. Neustadt, T. W. -S. Holoien, C. S. Kochanek +26
We present the discovery of ASASSN-18jd (AT 2018bcb), a luminous optical/UV/X-ray transient located in the nucleus of the galaxy 2MASX J22434289--1659083 at . Over the ye…
The 2018 outburst of BHXB H1743-322 as seen with MeerKAT
D. R. A. Williams, S. E. Motta, R. Fender +11
In recent years, the black hole candidate X-ray binary system H1743-322 has undergone outbursts and it has been observed with X-ray and radio telescopes. We present 1.3 GHz MeerKAT…
SN2018kzr: a rapidly declining transient from the destruction of a white dwarf
Owen R. McBrien, Stephen J. Smartt, Ting-Wan Chen +31
We present SN2018kzr, the fastest declining supernova-like transient, second only to the kilonova, AT2017gfo. SN2018kzr is characterized by a peak magnitude of , peak…
Hot, dense He II outflows during the 2017 outburst of the X-ray transient Swift J1357.2-0933
Phil Charles, James H. Matthews, David A. H. Buckley +3
Time-resolved SALT spectra of the short-period, dipping X-ray transient, Swift J1357.2-0933, during its 2017 outburst has revealed broad Balmer and HeII4686 absorption features, bl…
Supersoft X-ray emission from a white dwarf binary not powered by nuclear fusion
Thomas J. Maccarone, Thomas J. Nelson, Peter J. Brown +17
Supersoft X-ray sources are stellar objects which emit X-rays with temperatures of about 1 million Kelvin and luminosities well in excess of what can be produced by stellar coronae…
GROWTH on S190425z: Searching thousands of square degrees to identify an optical or infrared counterpart to a binary neutron star merger with the Zwicky Transient Facility and Palomar Gattini IR
Michael W. Coughlin, Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand +76
The third observing run by LVC has brought the discovery of many compact binary coalescences. Following the detection of the first binary neutron star merger in this run (LIGO/Virg…
Hard-state accretion disk winds from black holes: the revealing case of MAXI J1820+070
T. Muñoz-Darias, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, G. Panizo-Espinar +16
We report on a detailed optical spectroscopic follow-up of the black hole transient MAXI J1820+070 (ASASSN-18ey). The observations cover the main part of the X-ray binary outburst,…
Targeted search for young radio pulsars in the SMC: Discovery of two new pulsars
N. Titus, B. W. Stappers, V. Morello +5
We report the first rotation powered pulsars discovered in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) in more than a decade. PSR J0043-73 and PSR J0052-72 were discovered during a Parkes Mul…
The Most Rapidly Declining Type I Supernova 2019bkc/ATLAS19dqr
Ping Chen, Subo Dong, M. D. Stritzinger +21
We report observations of the hydrogen-deficient supernova (SN) 2019bkc/ATLAS19dqr. With B- and r-band decline between peak and 10 days post peak of Delta m_10(B)=5.24+/-0.07 mag a…
TESS observations of the asynchronous polar CD Ind: mapping the changing accretion geometry
Pasi Hakala, Gavin Ramsay, Stephen B. Potter +3
We present the results of near continuous TESS optical observations of the asynchronous polar CD Ind (RX J2115-5840). The 27.9 d long light curve, with 2 min resolution, reveals re…
Flaring, Dust Formation, And Shocks In The Very Slow Nova ASASSN-17pf (LMCN 2017-11a)
E. Aydi, L. Chomiuk, J. Strader +25
We present a detailed study of the 2017 eruption of the classical nova ASASSN-17pf (LMCN 2017-11a), which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, including data from AAVSO, ASAS-…
Prolonged sub-luminous state of the new transitional pulsar candidate CXOU J110926.4-650224
Francesco Coti Zelati, Alessandro Papitto, Domitilla de Martino +12
We report on a multi-wavelength study of the unclassified X-ray source CXOU J110926.4-650224 (J1109). We identified the optical counterpart as a blue star with a magnitude of $\sim…
Discovery, observations and modelling of a new eclipsing polar: MASTER OT J061451.70-272535.5
H. Breytenbach, D. A. H. Buckley, P. Hakala +9
We report the discovery of a new eclipsing polar, MASTER OT J061451.70-272535.5, detected as an optical transient by MASTER auto-detection software at the recently commissioned MAS…