2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
A Systematic Search for Big Dippers in ASAS-SN
B. JoHantgen, D. M. Rowan, R. Forés-Toribio +6
Dipper stars are extrinsically variable stars with deep dimming events due to extended, often dusty, structures produced by a wide range of mechanisms such as collisions, protoplan…
astro-ph.SR2025
ASASSN-24fw: An 8-month long, 4.1 mag, optically achromatic and polarized dimming event
R. Forés-Toribio, B. JoHantgen, C. S. Kochanek +20
We discuss ASASSN-24fw, a 13th-magnitude star that optically faded by mag starting in September 2024 after over a decade of quiescence in ASAS-SN. The dimmimg…