3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Statistically Significant Linear Alignments Among High-Confidence Transient Candidates on POSS-I Photographic Plates
Brian Doherty
I report the detection of statistically significant linear alignments and anomalous spatial clustering among high-confidence transient candidates in the VASCO catalog of vanishing…
astro-ph.IM2026
Machine Learning Supports Existence of Previously Unrecognized Transient Astronomical Phenomena in Historical Observatory Images
Stephen Bruehl, Brian Doherty, Alina Streblyanska +1
Transient, star-like point sources that appear and vanish over short timescales are described in astronomical images prior to launch of Sputnik. We have reported that transient num…
astro-ph.IM2026
Independent Replication of Nuclear Test-Transient Correlations and Earth Shadow Deficit in POSS-I Photographic Plates
Brian Doherty
Transient sources on astronomical photographic plates are objects that appear on a single exposure but have no counterpart in modern sky surveys or on temporally adjacent plates. I…