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SN 2006gy: An extremely luminous supernova in the galaxy NGC 1260
E. O. Ofek, P. B. Cameron, M. M. Kasliwal +8
With an extinction-corrected V-band peak absolute magnitude of about -22, supernova (SN) 2006gy is probably the brightest SN ever observed. We report on multi-wavelength observatio…
A New Population of High Redshift Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts
E. Berger, D. B. Fox, P. A. Price +23
The redshift distribution of the short-duration GRBs is a crucial, but currently fragmentary, clue to the nature of their progenitors. Here we present optical observations of nine…
The short-hard GRB 051103: Observations and implications for its nature
E. O. Ofek, S. R. Kulkarni, E. Nakar +6
The bright short-hard GRB 051103 was triangulated by the inter-planetary network and found to occur in the direction of the nearby M81/M82 galaxy group. Given its possible local-Un…
Multi-Wavelength Observations of GRB 050820A: An Exceptionally Energetic Event Followed from Start to Finish
S. B. Cenko, M. Kasliwal, F. A. Harrison +25
We present observations of the unusually bright and long gamma-ray burst GRB 050820A, one of the best-sampled broadband data sets in the Swift era. The gamma-ray light curve is mar…
A Spectacular Radio Flare from XRF 050416a at 40 days and Implications for the Nature of X-ray Flashes
A. M. Soderberg, E. Nakar, S. B. Cenko +26
We present detailed optical, near-infrared, and radio observations of the X-ray flash 050416a obtained with Palomar and Siding Springs Observatories as well as HST and the VLA, pla…
Measurement of Orbital Decay in the Double Neutron Star Binary PSR B2127+11C
B. A. Jacoby, P. B. Cameron, F. A. Jenet +3
We report the direct measurement of orbital period decay in the double neutron star pulsar system PSR B2127+11C in the globular cluster M15 at the rate of $(-3.95 \pm 0.13) \times…