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astro-ph.IM2011★ 156 cited
Automating Discovery and Classification of Transients and Variable Stars in the Synoptic Survey Era
J. S. Bloom, J. W. Richards, P. E. Nugent +10
The rate of image acquisition in modern synoptic imaging surveys has already begun to outpace the feasibility of keeping astronomers in the real-time discovery and classification l…
astro-ph.HE2011★ 88 cited
PTF10iya: A short-lived, luminous flare from the nuclear region of a star-forming galaxy
S. Bradley Cenko, Joshua S. Bloom, S. R. Kulkarni +28
We present the discovery and characterisation of PTF10iya, a short-lived (dt ~ 10 d, with an optical decay rate of ~ 0.3 mag per d), luminous (M_g ~ -21 mag) transient source found…