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Son of X--Shooter: a multi--band instrument for a multi--band universe
R. Claudi, S. Campana, P. Schipani +47
Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be a new instrument designed to be mounted at the Nasmyth--A focus of the ESO 3.5 m New Technology Telescope in La Silla site (Chile). SOXS is composed…
The Extraplanar Type II Supernova ASASSN-14jb in the Nearby Edge-on Galaxy ESO 467-G051
Nicolas Meza, J. L. Prieto, A. Clocchiatti +10
We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type II supernova ASASSN-14jb, together with VLT MUSE IFU observations of its host galaxy and a nebular-phase spectrum. This S…
A Virgo Environmental Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission (VESTIGE).IV. A tail of Ionised Gas in the Merger Remnant NGC 4424
A. Boselli, M. Fossati, G. Consolandi +31
We have observed the late-type peculiar galaxy NGC 4424 during VESTIGE, a blind narrow-band Halpha[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT. Th…
Strongly Bipolar Inner Ejecta of the Normal Type IIP Supernova ASASSN-16at
Subhash Bose, Subo Dong, N. Elias-Rosa +24
We report distinctly double-peakedH-alpha and H-beta emission lines in the late-time, nebular-phase spectra (>~200 d) of the otherwise normal at early phases (<~ 100 d) Type IIP su…
Unravelling the infrared transient VVV-WIT-06: the case for an origin in a classical nova
Dipankar P. K. Banerjee, Eric Y. Hsiao, Tiara Diamond +6
The enigmatic near-infrared transient VVV-WIT-06 underwent a large amplitude eruption of unclear origin in July 2013. Based on its lightcurve properties and late-time post-outburst…
The delay of shock breakout due to circumstellar material seen in most Type II Supernovae
F. Förster, T. J. Moriya, J. C. Maureira +35
Type II supernovae (SNe) originate from the explosion of hydrogen-rich supergiant massive stars. Their first electromagnetic signature is the shock breakout, a short-lived phenomen…
The mechanical design of SOXS for the NTT
M Aliverti, O Hershko, O Diner +45
SOXS (Son of X-shooter) is a wide band, medium resolution spectrograph for the ESO NTT with a first light expected in 2021. The instrument will be composed by five semi-independent…
The VIS detector system of SOXS
Rosario Cosentino, Matteo Aliverti, Salvatore Scuderi +46
SOXS will be a unique spectroscopic facility for the ESO NTT telescope able to cover the optical and NIR bands thanks to two different arms: the UV-VIS (350-850 nm), and the NIR (8…
Architecture of the SOXS instrument control software
Davide Ricci, Andrea Baruffolo, Bernardo Salasnich +45
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a new spectrograph for the ESO NTT telescope, currently in the final design phase. The main instrument goal is to allow the characterization of transient…
SOXS Control Electronics Design
G. Capasso, M. Colapietro, S. D'Orsi +46
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a unique spectroscopic facility that will operate at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla from 2020 onward. The spectrograph will be able t…
The Acquisition Camera System for SOXS at NTT
A. Brucalassi, A. Araiza-Duran, G. Pignata +47
SOXS (Son of X-Shooter) will be the new medium resolution (R4500 for a 1 arcsec slit), high-efficiency, wide band spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope on La Silla. It will…
MITS: the Multi-Imaging Transient Spectrograph for SOXS
Adam Rubin, Sagi Ben-Ami, Ofir Hershko +45
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a medium resolution spectrograph R~4500 proposed for the ESO 3.6 m NTT. We present the optical design of the UV-VIS arm of SOXS which employs high ef…
Optical design of the SOXS spectrograph for ESO NTT
Ricardo Zanmar Sanchez, Matteo Munari, Adam Rubin +45
An overview of the optical design for the SOXS spectrograph is presented. SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new wideband, medium resolution (R>4500) spectrograph for the ESO 3.58m NTT…
The assembly integration and test activities for the new SOXS instrument at NTT
F. Biondi, R. Claudi, L. Marafatto +48
Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is the new instrument for the ESO 3.5 m New Technology Telescope (NTT) in La Silla site (Chile) devised for the spectroscopic follow-up of transient sources…
The NIR Spectrograph for the new SOXS instrument at the NTT
F. Vitali, M. Aliverti, G. Capasso +44
We present the NIR spectrograph of the Son Of XShooter (SOXS) instrument for the ESO-NTT telescope at La Silla (Chile). SOXS is a R~4,500 mean resolution spectrograph, with a simul…
Supernova Nebular Spectroscopy Suggests a Hybrid Envelope-Stripping Mechanism for Massive Stars
Qiliang Fang, Keiichi Maeda, Hanindyo Kuncarayakti +2
When nuclear fuel in the core of a massive star with a zero-age main-sequence mass is exhausted, the central part of the iron or magnesium core coll…
The Common Path of SOXS (Son of X-Shooter)
R. Claudi, M. Aliverti, F. Biondi +44
Son of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of (goal 5000) over the entire band capable of simultaneously observi…
Relativistic supernova 2009bb exploded close to an atomic gas cloud
Michał J. Michałowski, G. Gentile, T. Kruhler +19
The potential similarity of the powering mechanisms of relativistic SNe and GRBs allowed us to make a prediction that relativistic SNe are born in environments similar to those of…
SN 2017ens: The Metamorphosis of a Luminous Broad-lined Type Ic Supernova into an SN IIn
T. -W. Chen, C. Inserra, M. Fraser +46
We present observations of supernova (SN) 2017ens, discovered by the ATLAS survey and identified as a hot blue object through the GREAT program. The redshift z=0.1086 implies a pea…
AT 2017be - a new member of the class of Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients
Y-Z. Cai, A. Pastorello, M. Fraser +20
We report the results of our spectrophotometric monitoring campaign for AT~2017be in NGC~2537. Its lightcurve reveals a fast rise to an optical maximum, followed by a plateau lasti…
J-PLUS: The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey
A. J. Cenarro, M. Moles, D. Cristóbal-Hornillos +119
J-PLUS is an ongoing 12-band photometric optical survey, observing thousands of square degrees of the Northern hemisphere from the dedicated JAST/T80 telescope at the Observatorio…
Serendipitous discovery of a strong-lensed galaxy in integral field spectroscopy from MUSE
Lluís Galbany, Thomas E. Collett, Jairo Méndez-Abreu +3
2MASX J04035024-0239275 is a bright red elliptical galaxy at redshift 0.0661 that presents two extended sources at 2\arcsec~to the north-east and 1\arcsec~to the south-west. The si…
PISCO: The Pmas/ppak Integral-field Supernova hosts COmpilation
L. Galbany, J. P. Anderson, S. F. Sánchez +16
We present the Pmas/ppak Integral-field Supernova hosts COmpilation (PISCO) which comprises Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS) of 232 supernova (SN) host galaxies, that hosted 272 S…