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Direct detection of supernova progenitor stars with ZTF and LSST
Nora L. Strotjohann, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam +9
The direct detection of core-collapse supernova (SN) progenitor stars is a powerful way of probing the last stages of stellar evolution. However, detections in archival Hubble Spac…
Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the interacting transient AT 2016jbu (Gaia16cfr)
S. J. Brennan, M. Fraser, J. Johansson +68
We present the results from a high cadence, multi-wavelength observation campaign of AT 2016jbu (aka Gaia16cfr), an interacting transient. This dataset complements the current lite…
The Evolution of Luminous Red Nova AT 2017jfs in NGC 4470
A. Pastorello, T. -W. Chen, Y. -Z. Cai +43
We present the results of our photometric and spectroscopic follow-up of the intermediate-luminosity optical transient AT 2017jfs. At peak, the object reaches an absolute magnitude…
A luminous stellar outburst during a long-lasting eruptive phase first, and then SN IIn 2018cnf
A. Pastorello, A. Reguitti, A. Morales-Garoffolo +45
We present the results of the monitoring campaign of the Type IIn supernova (SN) 2018cnf (aka ASASSN-18mr). It was discovered about 10 days before the maximum light (on MJD = 58293…
First Resolution of Microlensed Images
Subo Dong, A. Mérand, F. Delplancke-Ströbele +12
We employ VLTI GRAVITY to resolve, for the first time, the two images generated by a gravitational microlens. The measurements of the image separation θ_{-,+}=3.78 +/- 0.05 mas, an…
The Eruption of the Candidate Young Star ASASSN-15qi
Gregory J. Herczeg, Subo Dong, Benjamin J. Shappee +27
Outbursts on young stars are usually interpreted as accretion bursts caused by instabilities in the disk or the star-disk connection. However, some protostellar outbursts may not f…