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20222025
most citedDiscovering vanishing objects in POSS I red images using the Virtual Observatory

9 citations · 13 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.IM2025★ 1 cited

A Cost-Effective Search for Extraterrestrial Probes in the Solar System

Beatriz Villarroel, Wesley A. Watters, Alina Streblyanska +3

For centuries, astronomers have discussed the possibility of inhabited worlds - from Herschel's 18th-century observations suggesting Mars may host life, to the systematic search fo…

astro-ph.SR2025

On the Image Profiles of Transients in the Palomar Sky Survey

Beatriz Villarroel, Enrique Solano, Geoffrey W. Marcy

The VASCO project has discovered groups of short-lived transients on historical photographic plates that lack conventional explanation. Hambly & Blair (2024) examined nine such tra…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

A bright triple transient that vanished within 50 minutes

Enrique Solano, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Beatriz Villarroel +5

We report on three optically bright, ~15th mag, point-sources within 10 arcsec of each other that vanished within 1 hour, based on two consecutive exposures at Palomar Observatory…

astro-ph.SR2023

Confirmation and characterization of neglected WDS systems using Gaia DR3 and the Virtual Observatory

E. Solano, I. Novalbos, A. J. Ros +2

The aim of this paper is, making use of the Gaia DR3 catalogue and Virtual Observatory tools, to confirm and characterize 428 binary and multiple stellar systems classified as negl…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 9 cited

Discovering vanishing objects in POSS I red images using the Virtual Observatory

E. Solano, B. Villarroel, C. Rodrigo

In this paper we report a search for vanishing sources in POSS I red images using Virtual Observatory archives, tools and services. The search, conducted in the framework of the VA…