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GOTO identification and broadband modelling of the counterpart to the SVOM GRB 250818B
S. Belkin, G. P. Lamb, K. Ackley +61
Rapid localisation and follow-up of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) increasingly rely on low-latency triggers from new missions coupled to wide-field robotic optical facilities. We present…
: the GOTO project for real-time citizen science in time-domain astrophysics
T. L. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens +51
Time-domain astrophysics continues to grow rapidly, with the inception of new surveys drastically increasing data volumes. Democratised, distributed approaches to training sets for…
Post-outburst evolution of bonafide FUor V2493 Cyg: A Spectro-photometric monitoring
Arpan Ghosh, Saurabh Sharma, Joe P. Ninan +11
We present here the results of eight years of our near-simultaneous optical/near-infrared spectro-photometric monitoring of bonafide FUor candidate `V2493 Cyg' starting from 2013 S…
Self-Supervised Clustering on Image-Subtracted Data with Deep-Embedded Self-Organizing Map
Y. -L. Mong, K. Ackley, T. L. Killestein +45
Developing an effective automatic classifier to separate genuine sources from artifacts is essential for transient follow-ups in wide-field optical surveys. The identification of t…
Doubling of minute-long Quasi-Periodic Pulsations from super-flares on a low mass star
J. Gerry Doyle, Puji Irawati, Dmitrii Y. Kolotkov +5
Using the ULTRASPEC instrument mounted on the 2.4-m Thai National Telescope, we observed two large flares, each with a total energy close to 10^34 erg with sub-second cadence. A co…
A Comprehensive Study of the Young Cluster IRAS 05100+3723: Properties, Surrounding Interstellar Matter, and Associated Star Formation
R. K. Yadav, M. R. Samal, E. Semenko +13
We present a comprehensive multiwavelength investigation of a likely massive young cluster `IRAS 05100+3723' and its environment with the aim to understand its formation history an…
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO): prototype performance and prospects for transient science
D. Steeghs, D. K. Galloway, K. Ackley +50
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is an array of wide-field optical telescopes, designed to exploit new discoveries from the next generation of gravitational…
Searching For Fermi GRB Optical Counterparts With The Prototype Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)
Y. -L. Mong, K. Ackley, D. K. Galloway +45
The typical detection rate of gamma-ray burst (GRB) per day by the \emph{Fermi} Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) provides a valuable opportunity to further our understanding o…
Light curve classification with recurrent neural networks for GOTO: dealing with imbalanced data
U. F. Burhanudin, J. R. Maund, T. Killestein +42
The advent of wide-field sky surveys has led to the growth of transient and variable source discoveries. The data deluge produced by these surveys has necessitated the use of machi…
Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines II: Forced Photometry and light curves
L. Makrygianni, J. Mullaney, V. Dhillon +45
We have adapted the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Science Pipelines to process data from the Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)…
Transient-optimised real-bogus classification with Bayesian Convolutional Neural Networks -- sifting the GOTO candidate stream
T. L. Killestein, J. Lyman, D. Steeghs +45
Large-scale sky surveys have played a transformative role in our understanding of astrophysical transients, only made possible by increasingly powerful machine learning-based filte…
The White Dwarf Binary Pathways Survey IV: Three close white dwarf binaries with G-type secondary stars
M. S. Hernandez, M. R. Schreiber, S. G. Parsons +12
Constraints from surveys of post common envelope binaries (PCEBs) consisting of a white dwarf plus an M-dwarf companion have led to significant progress in our understanding of the…
Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines I : Production of coadded frames
J. R. Mullaney, L. Makrygianni, V. Dhillon +44
The past few decades have seen the burgeoning of wide field, high cadence surveys, the most formidable of which will be the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to be conducted b…
The white dwarf binary pathways survey V. The Gaia white dwarf plus AFGK binary sample and the identification of 23 close binaries
J. -J. Ren, R. Raddi, A. Rebassa-Mansergas +22
Close white dwarf binaries consisting of a white dwarf and an A, F, G or K type main sequence star, henceforth close WD+AFGK binaries, are ideal systems to understand the nature of…
An extremely hot white dwarf with a rapidly rotating K-type subgiant companion: UCAC2 46706450
Klaus Werner, Nicole Reindl, Lisa Löbling +5
UCAC2 46706450 is a late-type star with an ultraviolet (UV) excess. It was considered a candidate to establish a sample of FGK stars with white dwarf (WD) companions that can be us…
Machine Learning for Transient Recognition in Difference Imaging With Minimum Sampling Effort
Yik-Lun Mong, Kendall Ackley, Duncan Galloway +45
The amount of observational data produced by time-domain astronomy is exponentially in-creasing. Human inspection alone is not an effective way to identify genuine transients fromt…
Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational-wave Merger Events with the Prototype Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO-4)
B. P. Gompertz, R. Cutter, D. Steeghs +49
We report the results of optical follow-up observations of 29 gravitational-wave triggers during the first half of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) O3 run with the Gravitational-…
Short period variable stars in young open cluster Stock 8
Sneh Lata, Anil. K. Pandey, Ram Kesh Yadav +5
We present time series photometry in the field of Stock 8 and identified 130 short period variable stars. Twenty eight main-sequence and 23 pre-main-sequence variables are found to…
The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: Eclipse modelling of 15 systems
M. McAllister, S. P. Littlefair, S. G. Parsons +13
We present measurements of the component masses in 15 Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) - 6 new estimates and 9 improved estimates. We provide new calibrations of the relationship betwee…
The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship
S. G. Parsons, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh +14
M dwarfs are prime targets in the hunt for habitable worlds around other stars. This is due to their abundance as well as their small radii and low masses and temperatures, which f…
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - II. Radial velocities of 1453 FGK stars with white dwarf companions from LAMOST DR4
A. Rebassa-Mansergas, J. J. Ren, P. Irawati +18
We present the second paper of a series of publications aiming at obtaining a better understanding regarding the nature of type Ia supernovae (SNIa) progenitors by studying a large…
Two white dwarfs in ultrashort binaries with detached, eclipsing, likely substellar companions detected by K2
S. G. Parsons, J. J. Hermes, T. R. Marsh +19
Using data from the extended Kepler mission in K2 Campaign 10 we identify two eclipsing binaries containing white dwarfs with cool companions that have extremely short orbital peri…
Testing the white dwarf mass-radius relationship with eclipsing binaries
S. G. Parsons, B. T. Gänsicke, T. R. Marsh +17
We present high precision, model independent, mass and radius measurements for 16 white dwarfs in detached eclipsing binaries and combine these with previously published data to te…
The structure of Chariklo's rings from stellar occultations
D. Bérard, B. Sicardy, J. I. B. Camargo +79
Two narrow and dense rings (called C1R and C2R) were discovered around the Centaur object (10199) Chariklo during a stellar occultation observed on 2013 June 3. Following this disc…