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2024

Andrews, Jennifer E.; Pearson, Jeniveve; Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; … (& 20 authors from 23 institutions), 2024/04. SN 2022jox: An Extraordinarily Ordinary Type II SN with Flash Spectroscopy. ApJ, 965: 85. ADS

Arcodia, R.; Liu, Z.; Merloni, A.; … (& 20 authors from 23 institutions), 2024/04. The more the merrier: SRG/eROSITA discovers two further galaxies showing X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions. A&A, 684: A64. ADS

Aromal, P; Srianand, R and Petitjean, P, 2024/02. Time variability of ultra-fast BAL outflows using SALT: C IV absorption depth based analysis. MNRAS, 527: 12298. ADS

Aydi, E.; Chomiuk, L.; Strader, J.; … (& 21 authors from 24 institutions), 2024/01. Revisiting the classics: on the evolutionary origin of the ‘Fe II’ and ‘He/N’ spectral classes of novae. MNRAS, 527: 9303. ADS

Bachelet, E.; Rota, P.; Bozza, V.; … (& 25 authors from 28 institutions), 2024/07. A Close Binary Lens Revealed by the Microlensing Event Gaia20bof. AJ, 168: 9. ADS

Barnard, Joleen; van Soelen, B.; Acharya, S.; … (& 8 authors from 11 institutions), 2024/08. The optical spectropolarimetric behaviour of a selection of high-energy blazars. MNRAS, 532: 1991. ADS

Castro Segura, N.; Knigge, C.; Matthews, J. H.; … (& 13 authors from 16 institutions), 2024/01. Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6-0814. MNRAS, 527: 2508. ADS

Chernyakova, M.; Malyshev, D.; van Soelen, B.; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2024/03. The radio to GeV picture of PSR B1259-63 during the 2021 periastron passage. MNRAS, 528: 5231. ADS

Coe, M. J.; Kennea, J. A.; Monageng, I. M.; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/03. The 2022 super-Eddington outburst of the source SMC X-2. MNRAS, 528: 7115. ADS

Coti Zelati, F.; de Martino, D.; Dhillon, V. S.; … (& 14 authors from 17 institutions), 2024/10. Short-term variability of the transitional pulsar candidate CXOU J110926.4‑650224 from X-rays to infrared. A&A, 690: A220. ADS

D’Ammando, F.; Goldoni, P.; Max-Moerbeck, W.; … (& 15 authors from 18 institutions), 2024/03. Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array – III. A&A, 683: A222. ADS

Doze, Peter; Hilton, Matt; Hughes, John P.; … (& 10 authors from 13 institutions), 2024/10. A Multiwavelength Approach to Constraining the Merger Properties of ACT-CL J0034.4+0225. ApJ, 974: 49. ADS

Driessen, L. N.; Barr, E. D.; Buckley, D. A. H.; … (& 19 authors from 22 institutions), 2024/01. FRB 20210405I: a nearby Fast Radio Burst localized to sub-arcsecond precision with MeerKAT. MNRAS, 527: 3659. ADS

Gallagher, J. S.; Kotulla, R.; Laufman, L.; … (& 9 authors from 12 institutions), 2024/09. An Imaging and Spectroscopic Exploration of the Dusty Compact Obscured Nucleus Galaxy Zw 049.057. ApJS, 274: 3. ADS

Gaudin, T. M.; Coe, M. J.; Kennea, J. A.; … (& 4 authors from 7 institutions), 2024/11. CXOU J005245.0-722844: discovery of a Be star/white dwarf binary system in the SMC via a very fast, super-Eddington X-ray outburst event. MNRAS, 534: 1937. ADS

Gaudin, Thomas M.; Kennea, Jamie A.; Coe, M. J.; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/04. Discovery of a Rare Eclipsing Be/X-Ray Binary System, Swift J010902.6-723710 = SXP 182. ApJL, 965: L10. ADS

Gerasimov, Ivan S.; Egorov, Oleg V.; Moiseev, Alexei V.; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2024/04. Stellar feedback impact on the ionized gas kinematics in the dwarf galaxy Sextans B. MNRAS, 529: 1138. ADS

Greenwell, Claire L.; Klindt, Lizelke; Lansbury, George B.; … (& 32 authors from 35 institutions), 2024/08. The NuSTAR Serendipitous Survey: The 80 Month Catalog and Source Properties of the High-energy Emitting Active Galactic Nucleus and Quasar Population. ApJS, 273: 20. ADS

Guha, Labanya K.; Srianand, Raghunathan and Petitjean, Patrick, 2024/01. Host galaxies of ultra-strong Mg II absorbers at z 0.7. MNRAS, 527: 5075. ADS

Guha, Labanya Kumar and Srianand, Raghunathan, 2024/08. Strong nebular emissions associated with Mg II absorptions detected in the SDSS spectra of background quasars. MNRAS, 532: 3056. ADS

Hatamkhani, N.; Kraan-Korteweg, R. C.; Blyth, S. L. and Skelton, R. E., 2024/09. The K s -band Luminosity Function of the Rich Cluster VC04 in the Vela Supercluster. ApJ, 972: 57. ADS

Hema, Benagere Prakash and Pandey, Gajendra, 2024/06. Measuring Hydrogen-to-Helium Ratio in Cool Stars. BSRSL, 93: 395. ADS

Iłkiewicz, Krystian; Mikołajewska, Joanna; Shara, Michael M.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/09. Ancient Nova Shells of RX Pup Indicate Evolution of Mass Transfer Rate. ApJL, 972: L14. ADS

Jacobson-Galán, W. V.; Dessart, L.; Davis, K. W.; … (& 52 authors from 55 institutions), 2024/08. Final Moments. II. Observational Properties and Physical Modeling of Circumstellar-material-interacting Type II Supernovae. ApJ, 970: 189. ADS

Jeffery, C. S.; Scott, L. J. A.; Philip Monai, A.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/05. EC 19529-4430: SALT identifies the most carbon- and metal-poor extreme helium star. MNRAS, 530: 1666. ADS

Kamiński, Tomek; Schmidt, Mirek R.; Djupvik, Anlaug Amanda; … (& 6 authors from 9 institutions), 2024/02. A radical transition in the post-main-sequence system U Equulei. A&A, 682: A133. ADS

Katkov, Ivan Yu.; Gasymov, Damir; Kniazev, Alexei Yu.; … (& 4 authors from 7 institutions), 2024/02. Probing the History of the Galaxy Assembly of the Counterrotating Disk Galaxy PGC 66551. ApJ, 962: 27. ADS

Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Marocco, Federico; Gelino, Christopher R.; … (& 83 authors from 86 institutions), 2024/04. The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of ∼3600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs. ApJS, 271: 55. ADS

Kollatschny, W. and Chelouche, D., 2024/10. Evidence for gravitational self-lensing of the central supermassive black hole binary in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1566. A&A, 690: L2. ADS

Kovtyukh, V. V.; Andrievsky, S. M.; Werner, K.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/04. Lithium Cepheid V708 Car with an unusual chemical composition. A&A, 684: A145. ADS

Kołaczek-Szymański, P. A.; Łojko, P.; Pigulski, A.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/06. Exploring extreme brightness variations in blue supergiant MACHO 80.7443.1718: Evidence for companion-driven enhanced mass loss. A&A, 686: A199. ADS

Loubser, S. I.; Mosia, K.; Serra, P.; … (& 7 authors from 10 institutions), 2024/01. The star formation histories of galaxies in different stages of pre-processing in the Fornax A group. MNRAS, 527: 7158. ADS

Malkov, O. Yu.; Kilpio, E. Yu. and Dluzhnevskaya, O. B., 2024/06. Modern Stellar Astronomy 2023. ARep, 68: 610. ADS

Malyali, A.; Rau, A.; Bonnerot, C.; … (& 9 authors from 12 institutions), 2024/06. Transient fading X-ray emission detected during the optical rise of a tidal disruption event. MNRAS, 531: 1256. ADS

Markowitz, Alex; Krumpe, Mirko; Homan, David; … (& 13 authors from 16 institutions), 2024/04. eROSITA detection of a cloud obscuration event in the Seyfert AGN EC 04570-5206. A&A, 684: A101. ADS

Marocco, Federico; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Schneider, Adam C.; … (& 31 authors from 34 institutions), 2024/06. Thirteen New M Dwarf + T Dwarf Pairs Identified with WISE/NEOWISE. ApJ, 967: 147. ADS

Mishenina, T.; Pignatari, M.; Usenko, I.; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/07. Peculiarities of the chemical enrichment of metal-poor stars in the Milky Way Galaxy★. A&A, 687: A229. ADS

Moharana, A.; Hełminiak, K. G.; Marcadon, F.; … (& 6 authors from 9 institutions), 2024/10. Spectroscopy of eclipsing compact hierarchical triples: I. Low-mass double-lined and triple-lined systems. A&A, 690: A153. ADS

Monageng, I. M.; McBride, V. A.; Alfonso-Garzon, J.; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/01. 4U 1210-64: a new member of the rare intermediate-mass X-ray binary subclass. MNRAS, 527: 5293. ADS

Oates, S. R.; Kuin, N. P. M.; Nicholl, M.; … (& 57 authors from 60 institutions), 2024/05. Swift/UVOT discovery of Swift J221951-484240: a UV luminous ambiguous nuclear transient. MNRAS, 530: 1688. ADS

Ochmann, M. W.; Kollatschny, W.; Probst, M. A.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2024/06. The transient event in NGC 1566 from 2017 to 2019. I. An eccentric accretion disk and a turbulent, disk-dominated broad-line region unveiled by double-peaked Ca II and O I lines. A&A, 686: A17. ADS

Ok, Samet; Schwope, Axel; Buckley, David A. H. and Brink, Jaco, 2024/06. Discovery of the magnetic cataclysmic variable XMM J152737.4-205305.9 with a deep eclipse-like feature. A&A, 686: A175. ADS

Orio, M.; Melicherčík, M.; Ciroi, S.; … (& 6 authors from 9 institutions), 2024/09. V407 Lup, an intermediate polar nova. MNRAS, 533: 1541. ADS

Painter, S.; Aydi, E.; Motsoaledi, M.; … (& 8 authors from 11 institutions), 2024/08. Spectro-photometric follow-up of the outbursting AM CVn system ASASSN-21br. MNRAS, 532: 4205. ADS

Pearson, Jeniveve; Sand, David J.; Lundqvist, Peter; … (& 85 authors from 88 institutions), 2024/01. Strong Carbon Features and a Red Early Color in the Underluminous Type Ia SN 2022xkq. ApJ, 960: 29. ADS

Podjed, Stephanie A.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Isler, Jedidah C.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/06. Optical Spectropolarimetric Variability Properties in Blazars PKS 0637–75 and PKS 1510–089. ApJ, 968: 130. ADS

Potravnov, I.; Ryabchikova, T.; Piskunov, N.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/02. Doppler imaging of a southern ApSi star HD 152564. MNRAS, 527: 10376. ADS

Potter, Stephen B.; Buckley, David A. H.; Scaringi, S.; … (& 13 authors from 16 institutions), 2024/07. Optical spectroscopic and photometric classification of the X-ray transient EP240309a (EP J115415.8-501810) as an intermediate polar. MNRAS, 532: L21. ADS

Pradeep, Kala G.; Singh, Kulinder Pal; Dewangan, G. C.; … (& 7 authors from 10 institutions), 2024/01. A multiwavelength study of Swift J0503.7-2819: a chimeric magnetic CV. MNRAS, 527: 774. ADS

Proshina, Irina S.; Sil’chenko, Olga K. and Kniazev, Alexei Yu, 2024/06. Spectral study of star-forming rings in S0 galaxies of Dorado group – NGC 1533 and NGC 1543. MNRAS, 531: 2448. ADS

Pustilnik, S. A.; Kniazev, A. Y.; Tepliakova, A. L.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/02. Dwarfs in nearby voids: results of SALT spectroscopy. MNRAS, 527: 11066. ADS

Rothermich, Austin; Faherty, Jacqueline K.; Bardalez-Gagliuffi, Daniella; … (& 43 authors from 46 institutions), 2024/06. 89 New Ultracool Dwarf Comoving Companions Identified with the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project. AJ, 167: 253. ADS

Sacchi, A.; Esposito, P.; de Martino, D.; … (& 13 authors from 16 institutions), 2024/02. A soft and transient ultraluminous X-ray source with six-hour modulation in the NGC 300 galaxy. A&A, 682: A151. ADS

Shah, P.; Davis, T. M.; Bacon, D.; … (& 64 authors from 67 institutions), 2024/07. The dark energy survey: detection of weak lensing magnification of supernovae and constraints on dark matter haloes. MNRAS, 532: 932. ADS

Shara, Michael M.; Lanzetta, Kenneth M.; Garland, James T.; … (& 10 authors from 13 institutions), 2024/03. Introducing the Condor Array Telescope – IV. A possible nova super-remnant surrounding the putative recurrent nova KT Eridani. MNRAS, 529: 224. ADS

Sharina, M. E.; Maricheva, M. I.; Kniazev, A. Y.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2024/03. Horizontal branch structure, age, and chemical composition for very metal-poor extragalactic globular clusters. MNRAS, 528: 7165. ADS

Shrestha, Manisha; Bostroem, K. Azalee; Sand, David J.; … (& 40 authors from 43 institutions), 2024/09. Extended Shock Breakout and Early Circumstellar Interaction in SN 2024ggi. ApJL, 972: L15. ADS

Shrestha, Manisha; Pearson, Jeniveve; Wyatt, Samuel; … (& 34 authors from 37 institutions), 2024/02. Evidence of Weak Circumstellar Medium Interaction in the Type II SN 2023axu. ApJ, 961: 247. ADS

Siebert, Matthew R.; Kwok, Lindsey A.; Johansson, Joel; … (& 79 authors from 82 institutions), 2024/01. Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul. I. Unusual Signatures of Carbon, Oxygen, and Circumstellar Interaction in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova. ApJ, 960: 88. ADS

Singh, Koshvendra; Ninan, Joe P.; Romanova, Marina M.; … (& 14 authors from 17 institutions), 2024/06. Accretion Funnel Reconfiguration during an Outburst in a Young Stellar Object: EX Lupi. ApJ, 968: 88. ADS

Stoop, M.; Derkink, A.; Kaper, L.; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/01. The early evolution of young massive clusters. II. The kinematic history of NGC 6618/M 17. A&A, 681: A21. ADS

Swayne, M. I.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; … (& 104 authors from 107 institutions), 2024/03. The EBLM Project- XI. Mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS. MNRAS, 528: 5703. ADS

Wu, Zexuan; Dong, Subo; Yi, Tuan; … (& 50 authors from 53 institutions), 2024/08. Gaia22dkvLb: A Microlensing Planet Potentially Accessible to Radial-velocity Characterization. AJ, 168: 62. ADS

Zajaček, Michal; Panda, Swayamtrupta; Pandey, Ashwani; … (& 11 authors from 14 institutions), 2024/03. UV FeII emission model of HE 0413−4031 and its relation to broad-line time delays. A&A, 683: A140. ADS

Zhu, Yi-Ming; Wang, Yun; Zhou, Hao; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2024/01. A two-component jet model for the optical plateau in the afterglow of GRB 191221B. MNRAS, 527: 1638. ADS

da Silva, R.; Danielski, C.; Delgado Mena, E.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2024/08. Ariel stellar characterisation. II. Chemical abundances of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen for 181 planet-host FGK dwarf stars. A&A, 688: A193. ADS

2023

Aharonian, F.; Benkhali, F. Ait; Aschersleben, J.; … (& 153 authors from 156 institutions), 2023/08. The Vanishing of the Primary Emission Region in PKS 1510-089. ApJL, 952: L38. ADS

Aromal, P.; Srianand, R. and Petitjean, P., 2023/07. Time variability of ultra fast BAL outflows using SALT: C IV equivalent width analysis. MNRAS, 522: 6374. ADS

Aydi, E.; Chomiuk, L.; Mikołajewska, J.; … (& 22 authors from 25 institutions), 2023/09. Catching a nova X-ray/UV flash in the visible? Early spectroscopy of the very slow Nova Velorum 2022 (Gaia22alz). MNRAS, 524: 1946. ADS

Bostroem, K. Azalee; Dessart, Luc; Hillier, D. John; … (& 41 authors from 44 institutions), 2023/08. SN 2022acko: The First Early Far-ultraviolet Spectra of a Type IIP Supernova. ApJL, 953: L18. ADS

Camacho-Neves, Yssavo; Jha, Saurabh W.; Barna, Barnabas; … (& 20 authors from 23 institutions), 2023/07. Over 500 Days in the Life of the Photosphere of the Type Iax Supernova SN 2014dt. ApJ, 951: 67. ADS

Coe, M. J.; Kennea, J. A.; Monageng, I. M.; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2023/09. A rare outburst from the stealthy BeXRB system Swift J0549.7-6812. MNRAS, 524: 3263. ADS

DerKacy, J. M.; Paugh, S.; Baron, E.; … (& 26 authors from 29 institutions), 2023/07. SN 2021fxy: mid-ultraviolet flux suppression is a common feature of Type Ia supernovae. MNRAS, 522: 3481. ADS

Feltre, A.; Gruppioni, C.; Marchetti, L.; … (& 24 authors from 27 institutions), 2023/07. Optical and mid-infrared line emission in nearby Seyfert galaxies. A&A, 675: A74. ADS

Greiner, J.; Maitra, C.; Haberl, F.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2023/03. A helium-burning white dwarf binary as a supersoft X-ray source. Natur, 615: 605. ADS

Guha, Labanya Kumar and Srianand, Raghunathan, 2023/03. Nature of the galaxies on top of quasars producing Mg II absorption. MNRAS, 519: 3319. ADS

Gvaramadze, V. V.; Kniazev, A. Y.; Castro, N. and Katkov, I. Y., 2023/08. SALT spectroscopy of the HMXB associated with the LMC supernova remnant MCSNR J0513-6724. MNRAS, 523: 5510. ADS

Haberl, F.; Maitra, C.; Kaltenbrunner, D.; … (& 11 authors from 14 institutions), 2023/03. SRG/eROSITA-triggered XMM-Newton observations of three Be/X-ray binaries in the LMC: Discovery of X-ray pulsations. A&A, 671: A90. ADS

Homan, D.; Krumpe, M.; Markowitz, A.; … (& 17 authors from 20 institutions), 2023/04. Discovery of the luminous X-ray ignition eRASSt J234402.9−352640. I. Tidal disruption event or a rapid increase in accretion in an active galactic nucleus?. A&A, 672: A167. ADS

Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; Sand, David J.; Sarbadhicary, Sumit K.; … (& 39 authors from 42 institutions), 2023/08. The Early Light Curve of SN 2023bee: Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitors the Apian Way. ApJL, 953: L15. ADS

Hviding, Raphael E.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Väisänen, Petri; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2023/09. The Kiloparsec-scale Influence of the AGN in NGC 1068 with SALT RSS Fabry-Pérot Spectroscopy. AJ, 166: 111. ADS

Imbrogno, M.; Israel, G. L.; Rodríguez Castillo, G. A.; … (& 11 authors from 14 institutions), 2023/10. Discovery of a magnetar candidate X-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud. MNRAS, 524: 5566. ADS

Jeffery, C. S.; Werner, K.; Kilkenny, D.; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2023/02. Hot white dwarfs and pre-white dwarfs discovered with SALT. MNRAS, 519: 2321. ADS

Jeffery, C. Simon; Monageng, Itumeleng; Miszalski, Brent; … (& 4 authors from 7 institutions), 2023/00. The SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs. BSRSL, 92: 11209. ADS

Kamiński, Tomek; Schmidt, Mirek; Hajduk, Marcin; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2023/04. Lithium in red novae and their remnants. A&A, 672: A196. ADS

Karachentsev, I. D.; Makarova, L. N.; Koribalski, B. S.; … (& 3 authors from 6 institutions), 2023/02. Peekaboo: the extremely metal poor dwarf galaxy HIPASS J1131-31. MNRAS, 518: 5893. ADS

Karambelkar, Viraj R.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Blagorodnova, Nadejda; … (& 27 authors from 30 institutions), 2023/05. Volumetric Rates of Luminous Red Novae and Intermediate-luminosity Red Transients with the Zwicky Transient Facility. ApJ, 948: 137. ADS

Kasai, E.; Goldoni, P.; Pita, S.; … (& 11 authors from 14 institutions), 2023/01. Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the Cherenkov Telescope Array – II. MNRAS, 518: 2675. ADS

Kniazev, Alexey and Malkov, Oleg, 2023/05. Searching For Wide Binary Stars with Non-coeval Components in the Southern Sky. RAA, 23: 055021. ADS

Koen, C.; Schaffenroth, V. and Kniazev, A., 2023/04. Multifilter Time-series Observations of Eleven Blue Short-period ATLAS Variable Stars. AJ, 165: 142. ADS

Kollatschny, W.; Grupe, D.; Parker, M. L.; … (& 8 authors from 11 institutions), 2023/02. The outburst of the changing-look AGN IRAS 23226-3843 in 2019. A&A, 670: A103. ADS

Kurpas, J.; Schwope, A. D.; Pires, A. M.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2023/06. Discovery of two promising isolated neutron star candidates in the SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey. A&A, 674: A155. ADS

Kwok, Lindsey A.; Jha, Saurabh W.; Temim, Tea; … (& 55 authors from 58 institutions), 2023/02. A JWST Near- and Mid-infrared Nebular Spectrum of the Type Ia Supernova 2021aefx. ApJL, 944: L3. ADS

Liu, Z.; Malyali, A.; Krumpe, M.; … (& 17 authors from 20 institutions), 2023/01. Deciphering the extreme X-ray variability of the nuclear transient eRASSt J045650.3−203750. A likely repeating partial tidal disruption event. A&A, 669: A75. ADS

Mahoro, Antoine; Väisänen, Petri; Pović, Mirjana; … (& 8 authors from 11 institutions), 2023/07. The [O III] Profiles of Far-infrared Active and Inactive Optically Selected Green Valley Galaxies. ApJ, 952: 12. ADS

Maitra, C.; Kaltenbrunner, D.; Haberl, F.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2023/01. Broadband study and the discovery of pulsations from the Be/X-ray binary eRASSU J052914.9−662446 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A&A, 669: A30. ADS

Monier, Richard; Niemczura, E.; Kurtz, D. W.; … (& 10 authors from 13 institutions), 2023/08. The Surface Composition of Six Newly Discovered Chemically Peculiar Stars. Comparison to the HgMn Stars mu Lep and beta Scl and the Superficially Normal B Star nu Cap. AJ, 166: 54. ADS

O’Connor, B.; Göğüş, E.; Hare, J.; … (& 24 authors from 27 institutions), 2023/11. Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey classification of Swift J170800-402551.8 as a candidate intermediate polar cataclysmic variable. MNRAS, 525: 5015. ADS

O’Connor, B.; Brink, J.; Buckley, D. A. H.; … (& 25 authors from 28 institutions), 2023/11. Identification of 1RXS J165424.6-433758 as a Polar Cataclysmic Variable. ApJ, 957: 89. ADS

Ok, Samet; Lamer, Georg; Schwope, Axel; … (& 5 authors from 8 institutions), 2023/04. Serendipitous discovery of the magnetic cataclysmic variable SRGE J075818−612027. A&A, 672: A188. ADS

Pastorello, A.; Valerin, G.; Fraser, M.; … (& 77 authors from 80 institutions), 2023/03. Forbidden hugs in pandemic times. IV. Panchromatic evolution of three luminous red novae. A&A, 671: A158. ADS

Pearson, Jeniveve; Hosseinzadeh, Griffin; Sand, David J.; … (& 21 authors from 24 institutions), 2023/03. Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2018lab, A Low-luminosity Type IIP Supernova Observed with TESS. ApJ, 945: 107. ADS

Pelisoli, Ingrid; Marsh, T. R.; Buckley, David A. H.; … (& 19 authors from 22 institutions), 2023/08. A 5.3-min-period pulsing white dwarf in a binary detected from radio to X-rays. NatAs, 7: 931. ADS

Peterson, Erik R.; Jones, David O.; Scolnic, Daniel; … (& 17 authors from 20 institutions), 2023/06. The DEHVILS survey overview and initial data release: high-quality near-infrared Type Ia supernova light curves at low redshift. MNRAS, 522: 2478. ADS

Prince, Raj; Zajaček, Michal; Panda, Swayamtrupta; … (& 24 authors from 27 institutions), 2023/10. Wavelength-resolved reverberation mapping of intermediate-redshift quasars HE 0413-4031 and HE 0435-4312: Dissecting Mg II, optical Fe II, and UV Fe II emission regions. A&A, 678: A189. ADS

Scott, L. J. A.; Jeffery, C. S.; Farren, D.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2023/05. Abundance analysis of a nitrogen-rich extreme-helium hot subdwarf from the SALT survey. MNRAS, 521: 3431. ADS

Sebastian, D.; Swayne, M. I.; Maxted, P. F. L.; … (& 85 authors from 88 institutions), 2023/03. The EBLM project – IX. Five fully convective M-dwarfs, precisely measured with CHEOPS and TESS light curves. MNRAS, 519: 3546. ADS

Sejake, Precious K.; White, Sarah V.; Heywood, Ian; … (& 4 authors from 7 institutions), 2023/01. MeerKAT follow-up of enigmatic GLEAM 4-Jy (G4Jy) sources. MNRAS, 518: 4290. ADS

Singh, Mridweeka; Sahu, Devendra. K.; Dastidar, Raya; … (& 29 authors from 32 institutions), 2023/08. Observational Properties of a Bright Type lax SN 2018cni and a Faint Type Iax SN 2020kyg. ApJ, 953: 93. ADS

Snowdon, E. J.; Jeffery, C. S.; Schlagenhauf, S.; … (& 2 authors from 5 institutions), 2023/10. Ton S 415: a close binary containing an intermediate helium subdwarf discovered with SALT and TESS. MNRAS, 525: 183. ADS

Snowdon, E. J.; Jeffery, C. S. and Schlagenhauf, S., 2023/00. The close binary fraction of He-rich hot subdwarfs from SALT and TESS. BSRSL, 92: 11278. ADS

Tofflemire, Benjamin M.; Kraus, Adam L.; Mann, Andrew W.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2023/02. A Low-mass, Pre-main-sequence Eclipsing Binary in the 40 Myr Columba Association-Fundamental Stellar Parameters and Modeling the Effect of Star Spots. AJ, 165: 46. ADS

Williamson, Marc; Vogl, Christian; Modjaz, Maryam; … (& 17 authors from 20 institutions), 2023/02. SN 2019ewu: A Peculiar Supernova with Early Strong Carbon and Weak Oxygen Features from a New Sample of Young SN Ic Spectra. ApJL, 944: L49. ADS

2022

Andersson, Alex; Fender, Rob P.; Lintott, Chris J.; … (& 12 authors from 15 institutions), 2022/07. Serendipitous discovery of radio flaring behaviour from a nearby M dwarf with MeerKAT. MNRAS, 513: 3482. ADS

Aromal, P.; Srianand, R. and Petitjean, P., 2022/08. Coordinated time variability of multi-phase ultra-fast outflows in J132216.25 + 052446.3. MNRAS, 514: 1975. ADS

Ashall, C.; Lu, J.; Shappee, B. J.; … (& 17 authors from 20 institutions), 2022/06. A Speed Bump: SN 2021aefx Shows that Doppler Shift Alone Can Explain Early Excess Blue Flux in Some Type Ia Supernovae. ApJL, 932: L2. ADS

Aydi, E.; Sokolovsky, K. V.; Bright, J. S.; … (& 28 authors from 31 institutions), 2022/11. The 2019 Outburst of the 2005 Classical Nova V1047 Cen: A Record Breaking Dwarf Nova Outburst or a New Phenomenon?. ApJ, 939: 6. ADS

Buckley, D. A. H.; Britto, R. J.; Chandra, S.; … (& 9 authors from 12 institutions), 2022/12. A multiwavelength study of the flat-spectrum radio quasar NVSS J141922-083830 covering four flaring episodes. MNRAS, 517: 5791. ADS

Caleb, Manisha; Heywood, Ian; Rajwade, Kaustubh; … (& 19 authors from 22 institutions), 2022/05. Discovery of a radio-emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 s. NatAs, 6: 828. ADS

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2021

Adams, C. B.; Benbow, W.; Brill, A.; … (& 414 authors from 417 institutions), 2021/12. Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes. ApJ, 923: 241. ADS

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Hilton, M.; Sifón, C.; Naess, S.; … (& 146 authors from 149 institutions), 2021/03. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Catalog of >4000 Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Galaxy Clusters. ApJS, 253: 3. ADS

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Sun, Weijia; de Grijs, Richard; Deng, Licai and Albrow, Michael D., 2021/04. Binary-driven stellar rotation evolution at the main-sequence turn-off in star clusters. MNRAS, 502: 4350. ADS

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2020

Andreoni, Igor; Goldstein, Daniel A.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; … (& 49 authors from 52 institutions), 2020/02. GROWTH on S190814bv: Deep Synoptic Limits on the Optical/Near-infrared Counterpart to a Neutron Star-Black Hole Merger. ApJ, 890: 131. ADS

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