7 papers
Optical Variability Structure Function of Low-Luminosity AGN using ATLAS Lightcurves
Ashley Hai Tung Tan, Christian Wolf, Neelesh Amrutha +3
The origin of the optical flux variability in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is largely unknown. Previous studies have correlated features of the variability structure function (SF)…
Hawai`i Supernova Flows: Bulk Flow Measurements using SNe Ia in the Optical and NIR
Aaron Do, Kaisey S. Mandel, Benjamin J. Shappee +9
The present day peculiar velocity-field was sourced by primordial density fluctuations and sculpted over the lifespan of the Universe. Cosmological models such as CDM make pred…
ATLAS100 -- I. A volume-limited sample of supernovae and related transients within 100 Mpc
Shubham Srivastav, Stephen J. Smartt, Thomas Moore +29
We present ATLAS100 -- a sample of 1729 supernovae and other explosive optical transients within Mpc observed by the ATLAS survey over a span of 5.75 years from 2017 Sep…
Continuum Reverberation in Bright Quasars Using NASA/ATLAS
Zachary Steyn, Christian Wolf, Christopher Onken +5
Variable continuum emission from AGN can be used to probe the structure of their accretion disks via reverberation mapping. Assuming a variable, hot inner light source irradiates t…
ATLAS Photometry of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
John Tonry, Larry Denneau, Miguel Alarcon +7
We present calibrated ATLAS photometry of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) from 28 March through 29 Aug 2025, obtained with the five-site, robotic ATLAS network in the c…
Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
Darryl Z. Seligman, Marco Micheli, Davide Farnocchia +44
We report initial observations aimed at the characterization of a third interstellar object. This object, 3I/ATLAS or C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), was discovered on 2025 July 1 UT and has an…