4 papers
The FU Ori outburst of PR Ori B
Carlos Contreras Pena, Zsofia Nagy, Gregory Herczeg +42
We report the discovery of a nearby FU Ori-type outburst (FUor), PR Ori B, in the L1641 cluster of the Orion star-forming region. The high-amplitude variability was first identifie…
The 2023 outburst of the Gaia alerted EXor Gaia23bab
Zsófia Nagy, Ágnes Kóspál, Péter Ábrahám +33
Episodic accretion is a fundamental process in the build-up of the stellar mass. EX Lupi-type eruptive young stars (EXors) represent one of the main types of episodic accretion. We…
A new approach to analyse single-site video observations: A Tau Her 2022 case study
Norton Olivér Szabó, Antal Igaz, Márton Rózsahegyi +5
Here we present a continuation of the work that was based on video observations of the Tau Her 2022 outburst from the McDonald Observatory, Texas, US. On the night of the maximum i…
Tau Herculids 2022 from the McDonald Observatory, Texas -- a progress report
Norton Olivér Szabó, Antal Igaz, László L. Kiss +5
As part of an intensive effort to observe the predicted 2022 Tau Herculids outburst, we recorded almost 800 individual meteor streaks on May 30th and 31st, 2022, using a high-sensi…