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Metallicities of Classical Cepheids in the Inner Galactic Disk
N. Matsunaga, D. Taniguchi, S. S. Elgueta +14
Metallicity gradients refer to the sloped radial profile of metallicities of gas and stars and are commonly seen in disk galaxies. A well-defined metallicity gradient of the Galact…
A Very Metal-poor RR Lyrae Star with a Disk Orbit Found in the Solar Neighborhood
Noriyuki Matsunaga, Akinori Itane, Kohei Hattori +28
Metal-deficient stars are important tracers for understanding the early formation of the Galaxy. Recent large-scale surveys with both photometric and spectroscopic data have report…
Relationship between Radar Cross Section and Optical Magnitude based on Radar and Optical Simultaneous Observations of Faint Meteors
Ryou Ohsawa, Akira Hirota, Kohei Morita +40
Radar and optical simultaneous observations of meteors are important to understand the size distribution of the interplanetary dust. However, faint meteors detected by high power l…
Large scale star formation in Auriga region
A. K. Pandey, Saurabh Sharma, N. Kobayashi +2
New observations in the bands along with archival data from the 2MASS and surveys have been used to generate a catalog of young stellar objects (YSOs) covering an area…
An optical search for transients lasting a few seconds
Michael W. Richmond, Masaomi Tanaka, Tomoki Morokuma +37
Using a prototype of the Tomo-e Gozen wide-field CMOS mosaic camera, we acquire wide-field optical images at a cadence of 2 Hz and search them for transient sources of duration 1.5…
New constraint on the atmosphere of (50000) Quaoar from a stellar occultation
Ko Arimatsu, Ryou Ohsawa, George L. Hashimoto +35
We report observations of a stellar occultation by the classical Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar occurred on 28 June 2019. A single-chord high-cadence (2 Hz) photometry dataset w…
Physical properties of near-Earth asteroids with a low delta-: Survey of target candidates for the Hayabusa2 mission
Sunao Hasegawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Kohei Kitazato +40
Sample return from the near-Earth asteroid known as 25143 Itokawa was conducted as part of the Hayabusa mission, with a large number of scientific findings being derived from the r…
Luminosity Function of Faint Sporadic Meteors measured with a Wide-Field CMOS mosaic camera Tomo-e PM
Ryou Ohsawa, Shigeyuki Sako, Yuki Sarugaku +34
Imaging observations of faint meteors were carried out on April 11 and 14, 2016 with a wide-field CMOS mosaic camera, Tomo-e PM, mounted on the 105-cm Schmidt telescope at Kiso Obs…
Ground-based lightcurve observation campaign of (25143) Itokawa between 2001 and 2004
Setsuko Nishihara, Kouhei Kitazato, Masanao Abe +9
The asteroid (25143) Itokawa is a target object of the Japanese sample return mission, HAYABUSA. We have observed Itokawa in optical wave- length (R-band) with the 1.05-m Schmidt t…
OISTER Optical and Near-Infrared Monitoring Observations of a Peculiar Radio-Loud Active Galactic Nucleus SDSS J110006.07+442144.3
Tomoki Morokuma, Masaomi Tanaka, Yasuyuki T. Tanaka +80
We present monitoring campaign observations at optical and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths for a radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) at z=0.840, SDSS~J110006.07+442144.3 (here…
Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES): design and performance
Ko Arimatsu, Kohji Tsumura, Kohei Ichikawa +7
Organized Autotelescopes for Serendipitous Event Survey (OASES) is an optical observation project that aims to detect and investigate stellar occultation events by kilometer-sized…
Broad-Lined Supernova 2016coi with Helium Envelope
Masayuki Yamanaka, Tatsuya Nakaoka, Masaomi Tanaka +38
We present the early-phase spectra and the light curves of the broad-lined supernova (SN) 2016coi from to days after the estimated explosion date. This SN was initially…
2014-2015 Multiple Outbursts of 15P/Finlay
Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Hidekazu Hanayama +21
Multiple outbursts of a Jupiter-family comet, 15P/Finlay, occurred from late 2014 to early 2015. We conducted an observation of the comet after the first outburst and subsequently…
Detection of Remnant Dust Cloud Associated with the 2007 Outburst of 17P/Holmes
Masateru Ishiguro, Yuki Sarugaku, Daisuke Kuroda +11
This paper reports a new optical observation of 17P/Holmes one orbital period after the historical outburst event in 2007. We detected not only a common dust tail near the nucleus,…
Optical and Near-Infrared Polarimetry for a Highly Dormant Comet 209P/LINEAR
Daisuke Kuroda, Masateru Ishiguro, Makoto Watanabe +24
We conducted an optical and near-infrared polarimetric observation of the highly dormant Jupiter-Family Comet, 209P/LINEAR. Because of its low activity, we were able to determine t…
Dust from Comet 209P/LINEAR during its 2014 Return: Parent Body of a New Meteor Shower, the May Camelopardalids
Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Hidekazu Hanayama +29
We report a new observation of the Jupiter-family comet 209P/LINEAR during its 2014 return. The comet is recognized as a dust source of a new meteor shower, the May Camelopardalids…
Discovery of Dramatic Optical Variability in SDSS J1100+4421: A Peculiar Radio-Loud Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy?
Masaomi Tanaka, Tomoki Morokuma, Ryosuke Itoh +55
We present our discovery of dramatic variability in SDSS J1100+4421 by the high-cadence transient survey Kiso Supernova Survey (KISS). The source brightened in the optical by at le…
Kiso Supernova Survey (KISS): Survey Strategy
Tomoki Morokuma, Nozomu Tominaga, Masaomi Tanaka +58
The Kiso Supernova Survey (KISS) is a high-cadence optical wide-field supernova (SN) survey. The primary goal of the survey is to catch the very early light of a SN, during the sho…
Lightcurve Survey of V-type Asteroids in the Inner Asteroid Belt
Sunao Hasegawa, Seidai Miyasaka, Hiroyuki Mito +17
We have observed the lightcurves of 13 V-type asteroids ((1933) Tinchen, (2011) Veteraniya, (2508) Alupka, (3657) Ermolova, (3900) Knezevic, (4005) Dyagilev, (4383) Suruga, (4434)…
17P/Holmes: Contrast in activity between before and after the 2007 outburst
Masateru Ishiguro, Yoonyoung Kim, Dhanraj S. Warjurkar +9
A Jupiter-family comet, 17P/Holmes, underwent outbursts in 1892 and 2007. In particular, the 2007 outburst is known as the greatest outburst over the past century. However, little…
Lightcurve Survey of V-type Asteroids. I. Observations until Spring 2004
Sunao Hasegawa, Seidai Miyasaka, Chiaki Yoshizumi +6
To examine the distribution of rotational rates for chips of asteroid 4 Vesta, lightcurve observation of seven V-type asteroids (2511 Patterson, 2640 Hallstorm, 2653 Principia, 279…
Multiband Optical Observation of P/2010 A2 Dust Tail
Junhan Kim, Masateru Ishiguro, Hidekazu Hanayama +6
An inner main-belt asteroid, P/2010 A2, was discovered on January 6th, 2010. Based on its orbital elements, it is considered that the asteroid belongs to the Flora collisional fami…
Interpretation of (596) Scheila's Triple Dust Tails
Masateru Ishiguro, Hidekazu Hanayama, Sunao Hasegawa +16
Strange-looking dust cloud around asteroid (596) Scheila was discovered on 2010 December 11.44-11.47. Unlike normal cometary tails, it consisted of three tails and faded within two…
Thermo-physical properties of 162173 (1999 JU3), a potential flyby and rendezvous target for interplanetary missions
T. G. Mueller, J. Durech, S. Hasegawa +15
Near-Earth asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3) is a potential flyby and rendezvous target for interplanetary missions because of its easy to reach orbit. The physical and thermal properties…