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most citedThe 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: Construction, operation, and science

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astro-ph.HE2026

Optical observations of supernova candidates with the ILMT

Monalisa Dubey, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-m optical ({\em gri} spectral bands) zenithal survey telescope with a field of view of 22.322.3 arcmin, suitable for…

astro-ph.IM2026

Unveiling photometric transients with the ILMT and their follow-up using DOT

Priyanshi Kumari, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10

The two 4-m class telescopes at the Devasthal site in India are complementary: the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is dedicated to the discovery of new transient p…

astro-ph.IM2026

From Sky to Science: Time Domain Astronomy with the ILMT Survey

Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10

The PyLMT transient detection pipeline has been operational since November 2023 and has detected 10,000 transients and variable objects in ILMT images in near real time. The…

astro-ph.IM2026

Modelling the Point Spread Function of ILMT images

Naveen Dukiya, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11

We have devised an approach to model the empirical Point Spread Function (PSF) of the images taken with the 4-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT). The characteristic…

astro-ph.HE2026

Early NIR echo and the time variable mass loss history of Type IIn SN 2024kgi

Naveen Dukiya, Kuntal Misra, Andrea Pastorello +30

We present a comprehensive analysis of the long-term photometric and spectroscopic monitoring campaign of the Type IIn Supernova (SN) 2024kgi. The SN reaches at peak an -band ab…

astro-ph.SR2026

SN 2024afyu interpreted as a Pair Instability Supernova

P. J. Pessi, S. Barmentloo, Ł. Wyrzykowski +63

Pair-instability supernovae (PISNe) are the predicted explosions of very massive stars triggered by electron-positron pair production. Numerous transients have been proposed as PIS…

astro-ph.IM2026

Demonstrating the Time-Domain Capabilities of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: An Early Census of Transient and Variable Detections

Kumar Pranshu, Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi +11

The PyLMT transient detection pipeline has been operational since November 2023, detecting transient and variable objects in the ILMT images in almost real time. Using the image su…

astro-ph.HE2026

SN 2022xus: bridging the gap between Type IIP and IIL supernovae

Monalisa Dubey, Kuntal Misra, Naveen Dukiya +16

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the Type~II supernova SN~2022xus. The SN reached its peak {\em V} band magnitude of mag within 7 day…

astro-ph.EP2026

Detection and identification of asteroids with the 4-m ILMT

Sara Filali, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) covers a 22.3' wide strip of sky in declination (δ), centred at δ = +29° 21' 41.4'' and right ascension (α) in the range 0 h <= α <…

astro-ph.IM2026

Astrometric Calibration of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations

Vibhore Negi, Naveen Dukiya, Gokul Singh Mehra +12

The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a dedicated time domain survey telescope that continuously scans the zenithal sky over the Indian Himalayas in the g', r' an…

astro-ph.HE2026

SN 2024dy: Dust formation in a long-lived Type IIn supernova and constraints on the dust mass

Sota Goto, Masayuki Yamanaka, Koji S. Kawabata +10

Type~IIn supernovae (SNe) are a subclass of core-collapse SNe powered by interaction between the ejecta and the dense circumstellar material. Among them, long-lived Type~IIn events…

astro-ph.EP2026

Performance of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope tested in two fields at high and low ecliptic and galactic latitudes

Sara Filali, Kumar Pranshu, Jean Surdej +10

The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) offers a unique opportunity to detect transients in a narrow strip of sky. We explore ILMT's potential to detect astrometric an…

astro-ph.HE2026

SN 2023zcu: A Type IIP SN with Early Flash Features

Monalisa Dubey, Kuntal Misra, Géza Csörnyei +51

We present a detailed photometric and spectroscopic analysis of the Type IIP supernova SN~2023zcu, which exploded in the galaxy NGC~2139 (redshift = 0.006). SN~2023zcu exhibits…

astro-ph.SR2025

SN 2024aecx: a fast-evolving Type IIb supernova with a prominent shock-cooling peak

Qiang Xi, Ning-Chen Sun, David Aguado +36

SN 2024aecx is a nearby (11 Mpc) Type IIb SN discovered within 1 d after explosion. In this paper we report high-cadence photometric (typically 0.51 day) and spec…

astro-ph.HE2025

Progenitor Insights of Type IIP SN 2018pq: A Comprehensive Photometric and Spectroscopic Study

Monalisa Dubey, Kuntal Misra, Raya Dastidar +10

We present high-cadence photometric and low-resolution (R 400--700) optical spectroscopic observations of Type IIP supernova, SN~2018pq, which exploded on the outskirts of t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

SN 2023xgo: Helium-rich Type Icn or Carbon-Flash Type Ibn supernova?

Anjasha Gangopadhyay, Jesper Sollerman, Konstantinos Tsalapatas +35

We present observations of SN~2023xgo, a transitional Type Ibn/Icn supernova, from to ~days relative to the -band peak. Early spectra show C~III emission rem…

astro-ph.HE2025

SN 2023vbg: A Type IIn Supernova Resembling SN 2009ip, with a Long-Duration Precursor and Early-Time Bump

Sota Goto, Masayuki Yamanaka, Takahiro Nagayama +9

Type IIn supernovae (SNe) resembling SN 2009ip (09ip-like SNe) originate from the interaction between circumstellar material (CSM) and the ejecta. This subclass not only shares sim…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 4 cited

The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: Construction, operation, and science

Jean Surdej, Paul Hickson, Kuntal Misra +26

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) project was motivated by the need for an inexpensive 4 metre diameter optical telescope that could be devoted entirely to astronomi…

astro-ph.IM2025

PyLMT: A transient detection pipeline for the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope

Kumar Pranshu, Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi +7

The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-m aperture, zenith-pointing telescope with a field-of-view of 22', situated in the foothills of the Himalayas. The telescope…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: a brief history and some preliminary scientific results

Jean Surdej, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +12

The present article is based upon an invited talk delivered at the occasion of the inauguration of the 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) which took place in Devasthal…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

SunPhot: Preparations for an upcoming quasar variability survey with the International Liquid Mirror Telescope

Ethen Sun, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11

Recent research suggests a correlation between the variability and intrinsic brightness of quasars. If calibrated, this could lead to the use of quasars on the cosmic distance ladd…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 1 cited

Surface Brightness Properties of LSB Galaxies with the International Liquid Mirror Telescope

Jiuyang Fu, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11

Low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies make up a significant fraction of the luminosity density of the local universe. Their low surface brightness suggests a different formation an…

astro-ph.IM2023

Survey of Variables with the ILMT

Baldeep Grewal, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11

Nestled in the mountains of Northern India, is a 4-metre rotating dish of liquid mercury. Over a 10-year period, the International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) will survey 117 sq…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Observation of mulitply imaged quasars with the 4-m ILMT

Talat Akhunov, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Ermanno Borra +12

Gravitationally lensed quasars (GLQs) are known to potentially provide an independent way of determining the value of the Hubble-Lemaître parameter , to probe the dark matte…