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most citedThe Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

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astro-ph.EP2020★ 26 cited

Initial Characterization of Active Transitioning Centaur, P/2019 LD2 (ATLAS), using Hubble, Spitzer, ZTF, Keck, APO and GROWTH Visible & Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy

Bryce T. Bolin, Yanga R. Fernandez, Carey M. Lisse +43

We present visible and mid-infrared imagery and photometry of temporary Jovian co-orbital comet P/2019 LD taken with HST/WFC3, Spitzer/IRAC, the GROWTH telescope network, visib…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 11 cited

A luminous X-ray transient in SDSS J143359.16+400636.0: a likely tidal disruption event

Murray Brightman, Charlotte Ward, Daniel Stern +9

We present the discovery of a luminous X-ray transient, serendipitously detected by Swift's X-ray Telescope (XRT) on 2020 February 5, located in the nucleus of the galaxy SDSS J143…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 29 cited

The ZTF Source Classification Project: II. Periodicity and variability processing metrics

Michael W. Coughlin, Kevin Burdge, Dmitry A. Duev +22

The current generation of all-sky surveys is rapidly expanding our ability to study variable and transient sources. These surveys, with a variety of sensitivities, cadences, and fi…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 45 cited

Two stripped envelope supernovae with circumstellar interaction -- but only one really shows it

J. Sollerman, C. Fransson, C. Barbarino +23

We present SN 2019tsf (ZTF19ackjszs) and SN 2019oys (ZTF19abucwzt). These two stripped envelope Type Ib supernovae suddenly showed a (re-)brightening in their late light curves. We…

astro-ph.EP2020

Characterization of Temporarily-Captured Minimoon 2020 CD by Keck Time-resolved Spectrophotometry

Bryce T. Bolin, Christoffer Fremling, Timothy R. Holt +42

We present time-resolved visible spectrophotometry of minimoon 2020 CD, the second asteroid known to become temporarily captured by the Earth-Moon system's gravitational field.…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 306 cited

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Observing System

Richard Dekany, Roger M. Smith, Reed Riddle +23

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Observing System (OS) is the data collector for the ZTF project to study astrophysical phenomena in the time domain. ZTF OS is based upon the 48…