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CHASE Spectral Survey I: Measuring Contamination in the Color-selected J-region Asymptotic Giant Branch Distance Indicator
Siyang Li, Alexei V. Filippenko, Arief Ahmad +11
The J-region asymptotic giant branch (JAGB) method for distance measurements uses the near uniform luminosity of carbon-rich AGB stars as a standard candle. Its application rests o…
In the Eye of the Storm: The Third Giant X-ray Outburst of the Extreme Changing-look AGN IC 3599
D. Grupe, S. Komossa, W. Zheng +10
We report the discovery and multiwavelength follow-up observations of a giant (factor >100) X-ray outburst of the exceptional changing-look active galactic nucleus (AGN) IC 3599. T…
OQ~208: A New Fe~II Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus and Implications for the Nature of the Changing-look Phenomenon
J. Wang, W. K. Zheng, D. W. Xu +5
In addition to the traditional hydrogen Balmer emission lines, here we extend the optical changing-look (CL) phenomenon occurring in some active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to the optic…
Are "Changing-Look" Active Galactic Nuclei Special in the Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes and their Hosts? II. The Case of Changing-Look Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies
J. Wang, S. Jin, D. W. Xu +5
The evolutionary role of the so-called ``changing-look'' (CL) active galactic nucleus (AGN), which is characterized by spectral-type transitions within yr, has been sugges…
Departures from Standard Disk Predictions in Intensive Ground-Based Monitoring of Three AGN
Diego Gonzalez-Buitrago, Aaron J. Barth, Rick Edelson +42
We present ground-based, multi-band light curves of the AGN Mrk~509, NGC\,4151, and NGC\,4593 obtained contemporaneously with \sw\, monitoring. We measure cross-correlation lags re…
SN 2023ixf in the Pinwheel Galaxy M101: From Shock Breakout to the Nebular Phase
Weikang Zheng, Luc Dessart, Alexei V. Filippenko +39
We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2023ixf covering from day one to 442 days after explosion. SN 2023ixf reached a peak -band absolute magnitude of $-18…
The most distant HI galaxies discovered by the 500 m dish FAST
Hongwei Xi, Bo Peng, Lister Staveley-Smith +20
Neutral hydrogen (HI) is the primary component of the cool interstellar medium (ISM) and is the reservoir of fuel for star formation. Owing to the sensitivity of existing radio tel…
What Does the Virial Coefficient of the \Hb Broad-Line Region Depend On?
Lizvette Villafaña, Peter R. Williams, Tommaso Treu +37
We combine our dynamical modeling black hole mass measurements from the Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016 sample with measured cross-correlation time lags and line widths to recover…
AGN STORM 2: II. Ultraviolet Observations of Mrk817 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope
Y. Homayouni, Gisella De Rosa, Rachel Plesha +62
We present reverberation mapping measurements for the prominent ultraviolet broad emission lines of the active galactic nucleus Mrk817 using 165 spectra obtained with the Cosmic Or…
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Dynamical Modeling of Velocity-Resolved H\b{eta} Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies
Lizvette Villafaña, Peter R. Williams, Tommaso Treu +62
We have modeled the velocity-resolved reverberation response of the H\b{eta} broad emission line in nine Seyfert 1 galaxies from the Lick Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) Monitioring…
Absolute Calibration of Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relations in NGC 4258
Wenlong Yuan, Lucas M. Macri, Adam G. Riess +6
NGC 4258 is one of the most important anchors for calibrating the Cepheid period--luminosity relations (PLRs) owing to its accurate distance measured from water maser motions. We e…
The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2016: Velocity-Resolved Hβ Lags in Luminous Seyfert Galaxies
Vivian U, Aaron J. Barth, H. Alexander Vogler +61
We carried out spectroscopic monitoring of 21 low-redshift Seyfert 1 galaxies using the Kast double spectrograph on the 3-m Shane telescope at Lick Observatory from April 2016 to M…
Variability and the size-luminosity relation of the intermediate mass AGN in NGC 4395
Hojin Cho, Jong-Hak Woo, Edmund Hodges-Kluck +31
We present the variability study of the lowest-luminosity Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4395 based on the photometric monitoring campaigns in 2017 and 2018. Using 22 ground-based and space…
1ES 1927+654: An AGN Caught Changing Look on a Timescale of Months
Benny Trakhtenbrot, Iair Arcavi, Chelsea L. MacLeod +21
We study the sudden optical and ultraviolet (UV) brightening of 1ES 1927+654, which until now was known as a narrow-line active galactic nucleus (AGN). 1ES 1927+654 was part of the…