On March 27.2UT CRTS discovered transient CSS120327:110520-015205 in data taken by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) Schmidt telescope (Drake et al. 2012, ATel#4011...
Discovery of Four New Ultra-compact Nuclear Rings in Three Spiral Galaxies
Ultra-compact nuclear rings (UCNRs) are ring-shaped star-forming regions around galactic nuclei that range in radius from a few to 200 pc. Only a handful are...
Discovery of kilohertz QPOs in RXTE observations of SAX J1748.9-2021.
We report on RXTE observations of the ongoing outburst of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1748.9-2021 (Altamirano et al. 2008, 674, 45A, see ATEL...
Discovery of mHz QPOs and burst rate evolution in the active Terzan 5 neutron star transient
We report on RXTE observations of the neutron star transient currently active in Terzan 5 (also known as IGR J17480-2446; ATels #2919, #2920, #2922, #2924,...
Almost all chemical elements have been made by nucleosynthetic reactions in various kind of stars and have been accumulated along our cosmic history. Among...
Discovery of Resolved X-ray/radio/optical Supernova Remnants in M31
Chandra observations of M31 allow the first spatially resolved X-ray image of a supernova remnant (SNR) in an external spiral galaxy. CXOM31 J004327.7+411829 is...
Discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system and the use of white dwarfs as age calibrators
We present the discovery of the first white dwarf + T dwarf binary system. Systems containing a white dwarf and a brown dwarf are rare but can be used to place...