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Reliability of Zodiacal Background Models at Small Solar Elongations
Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Javier Licandro +6
Present models of the zodiacal light (scattered sunlight from interplanetary dust in the visible) and zodiacal emission (thermal emission in the mid-infrared) are primarily constra…
NEO and imminent impactor discoveries from Hungary: recent results and lessons learnt
Norton O. Szabo, Krisztian Sarneczky, Laszlo L. Kiss +15
2022 EB5, 2023 CX1 and 2024 BX1: these are the three recent imminent impactor discoveries from the Piszkéstető Mountain Station of the Konkoly Observatory. They make up about one p…
A high geometric albedo and small size of the Haumea cluster member (24835) 1995 SM55 from a stellar occultation and photometric observations
J. L. Ortiz, N. Morales, B. Sicardy +98
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are among the most ancient bodies of the solar system. Understanding their physical properties is key to constraining their origin and the evolution…
Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations
A. Choukroun, A. Marciniak, J. Ďurech +165
Context. The sizes of many asteroids, especially slowly rotating, low-amplitude targets, remain poorly constrained due to selection effects. These biases limit the availability of…
Prominent mid-infrared excess of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake discovered by JWST/MIRI indicates ongoing activity
Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Anikó Farkas-Takács +18
We report on the discovery of a very prominent mid-infrared (18-25 μm) excess associated with the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet (136472) Makemake. The excess, detected by the MIRI i…
Ejecta masses in Type Ia Supernovae -- Implications for the Progenitor and the Explosion Scenario
Zsófia Bora, Réka Könyves-Tóth, József Vinkó +35
The progenitor system(s) as well as the explosion mechanism(s) of thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae are long-standing issues in astrophysics. Here we present ejecta masses and oth…
NEOWISE-R Caught the Luminous SN 2023ixf in Messier 101
Schuyler D. Van Dyk, Tamas Szalai, Roc M. Cutri +16
The reactivated Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE-R) serendipitously caught the Type II supernova SN 2023ixf in Messier 101 on the rise, starting day 3…
The Enigma of Gaia18cjb: a Rare Hybrid of FUor and EXor?
Eleonora Fiorellino, Peter Abraham, Agnes Kospal +28
Context. Gaia18cjb is one of the Gaia-alerted eruptive young star candidates which has been experiencing a slow and strong brightening during the last 13 years, similar to some FU…
SN 2021gno: a Calcium-rich transient with double-peaked light curves
K. Ertini, G. Folatelli, L. Martinez +52
We present extensive ultraviolet (UV) and optical photometric and optical spectroscopic follow-up of supernova (SN)~2021gno by the "Precision Observations of Infant Supernova Explo…
A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS measured from stellar occultations
F. L. Rommel, F. Braga-Ribas, J. L. Ortiz +201
This work aims at constraining the size, shape, and geometric albedo of the dwarf planet candidate 2002 MS4 through the analysis of nine stellar occultation events. Using multichor…
SN 2022oqm: A Bright and Multi-peaked Calcium-rich Transient
S. Karthik Yadavalli, V. Ashley Villar, Luca Izzo +60
We present the photometric and spectroscopic evolution of SN 2022oqm, a nearby multi-peaked hydrogen- and helium-weak calcium-rich transient (CaRT). SN 2022oqm was detected 13.1 kp…
Photometric and spectroscopic study of the EXor-like eruptive young star Gaia19fct
Sunkyung Park, Ágnes Kóspál, Péter Ábrahám +19
Gaia19fct is one of the Gaia-alerted eruptive young stars that has undergone several brightening events. We conducted monitoring observations using multi-filter optical and near-in…
Mid-infrared time-domain study of recent dust production events in the extreme debris disc of TYC 4209-1322-1
A. Moór, P. Ábrahám, Á. Kóspál +23
Extreme debris discs are characterized by unusually strong mid-infrared excess emission, which often proves to be variable. The warm dust in these discs is of transient nature and…
Light curves of transneptunian objects from the K2 mission of the Kepler Space Telescope
Viktória Kecskeméthy, Csaba Kiss, Róbert Szakáts +10
The K2 mission of the Kepler Space Telescope allowed the observations of light curves of small solar system bodies throughout the whole Solar system. In this paper we present the r…
A multi-epoch, multi-wavelength study of the classical FUor V1515 Cyg approaching quiescence
Zs. M. Szabó, Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám +28
Historically, FU Orionis-type stars are low-mass, pre-main sequence stars. The members of this class experience powerful accretion outbursts and remain in an enhanced accretion sta…
Physical properties of the trans-Neptunian object (38628) Huya from a multi-chord stellar occultation
P. Santos-Sanz, J. L. Ortiz, B. Sicardy +85
Within our international program to obtain accurate physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) we predicted a stellar occultation by the TNO (38628) Huya of the star Gai…
The multichord stellar occultation on 2019 October 22 by the trans-Neptunian object (84922) 2003 VS
M. Vara-Lubiano, G. Benedetti-Rossi, P. Santos-Sanz +60
We predicted, observed, and analyzed the multichord stellar occultation of the Second Gaia Data Release (Gaia DR2) source 3449076721168026624 (m = 14.1 mag) by the plutino obje…
Recurrent strong outbursts of an EXor-like young eruptive star Gaia20eae
Fernando Cruz-Sáenz de Miera, Ágnes Kóspál, Péter Ábrahám +21
We present follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations, and subsequent analysis of Gaia20eae. This source triggered photometric alerts during 2020 after showing a 3…
SN2017jgh - A high-cadence complete shock cooling lightcurve of a SN IIb with the Kepler telescope
P. Armstrong, B. E. Tucker, A. Rest +69
SN 2017jgh is a type IIb supernova discovered by Pan-STARRS during the C16/C17 campaigns of the Kepler/K2 mission. Here we present the Kepler/K2 and ground based observations of SN…
SN 2018agk: A Prototypical Type Ia Supernova with a Smooth Power-law Rise in Kepler (K2)
Qinan Wang, Armin Rest, Yossef Zenati +73
We present the 30-min cadence Kepler/K2 light curve of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2018agk, covering approximately one week before explosion, the full rise phase and the decli…
A study of the photometric and spectroscopic variations of the prototypical FU Orionis-type star V1057 Cyg
Zs. M. Szabó, Á. Kóspál, P. Ábrahám +19
Among the low-mass pre-main sequence stars, a small group called FU Orionis-type objects (FUors) are notable for undergoing powerful accretion outbursts. V1057 Cyg, a classical exa…
Dipper-like variability of the Gaia alerted young star V555 Ori
Zsófia Nagy, Elza Szegedi-Elek, Péter Ábrahám +26
V555 Ori is a T Tauri star, whose 1.5 mag brightening was published as a Gaia science alert in 2017. We carried out optical and near-infrared photometric, and optical spectroscopic…
101 Trojans: a tale of period bimodality, binaries, and extremely slow rotators from K2 photometry
Csilla E. Kalup, László Molnár, Csaba Kiss +8
Various properties of Jovian trojan asteroids such as composition, rotation periods, and photometric amplitudes, or the rate of binarity in the population can provide information a…
The Peculiar Transient AT2018cow: A Possible Origin of A Type Ibn/IIn Supernova
Danfeng Xiang, Xiaofeng Wang, Weili Lin +47
We present our photometric and spectroscopic observations on the peculiar transient AT2018cow. The multi-band photometry covers from peak to 70 days and the spectroscopy rang…