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PTF 14jg: The Remarkable Outburst and Post-Burst Evolution of a Previously Anonymous Galactic Star
Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Adam A. Miller, John M. Carpenter +6
We report the outbursting source PTF 14jg, which prior to the onset of its late 2013 eruption, was a faint, unstudied, and virtually uncatalogued star. The salient features of the…
Photometric variability of candidate white dwarf binary systems from Palomar Transient Factory archival data
Wil Kao, David L. Kaplan, Thomas A. Prince +6
We present a sample of 59 periodic variables from the Palomar Transient Factory, selected from published catalogues of white dwarf (WD) candidates. The variability can likely be at…
An Extreme Analogue of Aurigae: An M-giant Eclipsed Every 69 Years by a Large Opaque Disk Surrounding a Small Hot Source
Joseph E. Rodriguez, Keivan G. Stassun, Michael B. Lund +10
We present TYC 2505-672-1 as a newly discovered and remarkable eclipsing system comprising an M-type red giant that undergoes a ~3.45 year long, near-total eclipse (depth of ~4.5 m…
Properties and Evolution of the Redback Millisecond Pulsar Binary PSR J2129-0429
Eric C. Bellm, David L. Kaplan, Rene P. Breton +19
PSR J2129-0429 is a "redback" eclipsing millisecond pulsar binary with an unusually long 15.2 hour orbit. It was discovered by the Green Bank Telescope in a targeted search of unid…
An Accreting White Dwarf near the Chandrasekhar Limit in the Andromeda Galaxy
Sumin Tang, Lars Bildsten, William M. Wolf +13
The iPTF detection of the most recent outburst of the recurrent nova system RX J0045.4+4154 in the Andromeda Galaxy has enabled the unprecedented study of a massive ($M>1.3\ M_\odo…
R Coronae Borealis Stars in M31 from the Palomar Transient Factory
Sumin Tang, Yi Cao, Lars Bildsten +10
We report the discovery of R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars in the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). RCB stars are rare hydrogen-deficient, carbon-ric…