5 papers
Detection of a triple nucleus in the Wolf-Rayet composite Sy 2 galaxy NGC 6764
Jochen Heidt, Francisco Pozo Nuñez, Nina Mackensen +2
We report adaptive-optics Ks-band imaging of the composite Seyfert 2 and Wolf-Rayet galaxy NGC 6764 (D = 32 Mpc), obtained with LUCI/SOUL at the Large Binocular Telescope. The nucl…
V407 Vul: a triple star system with an AM CVn detectable by gravitational wave observatories
James Munday, Antonio C. Rodriguez, Nicole Reindl +23
The AM CVn class includes mass transferring, ultra-compact double white dwarf binaries with orbital periods on the timescale of minutes. A long-standing puzzle is that none of the…
Adaptive optics imaging of the nuclei of Seyfert 2 galaxies: An unexpectedly high incidence of nuclear stellar rings
Nina Mackensen, Jochen Heidt, Francisco Pozo Nuñez
High-resolution imaging of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) on subkiloparsec scales is essential for investigating their fueling. Observations in the near-infrared (NIR) are especiall…
How an overweight and rapidly rotating PG 1159 star in the Galactic halo challenges evolutionary models
Nina Mackensen, Nicole Reindl, Klaus Werner +2
PG 1159 stars are thought to be progenitors of the majority of H-deficient white dwarfs. Their unusual He-, C-, and O-dominated surface composition is typically believed to result…
Variability of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae with the Zwicky Transient Facility. II. Long-Timescale Variables including Wide Binary and Late Thermal Pulse Candidates
Soumyadeep Bhattacharjee, Nicole Reindl, Howard E. Bond +14
In this second paper on our variability survey of central stars of planetary nebulae (CSPNe) using ZTF, we report 11 long-timescale variables with variability timescales ranging fr…