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SCAT Data Release 1: 1810 optical spectra of 1330 transients
Michael A. Tucker, Mark E. Huber, Benjamin J. Shappee +18
We present the first data release (DR1) of the Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients (SCAT) survey, covering the first years of observations (March 20…
Discovery and Follow-up of ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx): The Lowest Redshift and Least Luminous Tidal Disruption Event To Date
W. B. Hoogendam, J. T. Hinkle, B. J. Shappee +23
We report the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae discovery of the tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx) in NGC 3799, a LINER galaxy with no evidence of strong…
Probing the Soft X-ray Properties and Multi-Wavelength Variability of SN2023ixf and its Progenitor
Sonja Panjkov, Katie Auchettl, Benjamin J. Shappee +3
We present a detailed analysis of nearly two decades of optical/UV and X-ray data to study the multi-wavelength pre-explosion properties and post-explosion X-ray properties of near…
SCAT Uncovers ATLAS's First Tidal Disruption Event ATLAS18mlw: A Faint and Fast TDE in a Quiescent Balmer Strong Galaxy
Jason T. Hinkle, Michael A. Tucker, Benjamin. J. Shappee +10
We present the discovery that ATLAS18mlw was a tidal disruption event (TDE) in the galaxy WISEA J073544.83+663717.3, at a luminosity distance of 334 Mpc. Initially discovered by th…
The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly-Evolving, UV and X-ray Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient
Jason T. Hinkle, Thomas W. -S. Holoien, Benjamin. J. Shappee +22
We present observations of ASASSN-20hx, a nearby ambiguous nuclear transient (ANT) discovered in NGC 6297 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN). We observed ASAS…