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S Leo Minor
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Maxima of long period variable S Leo Minor on the 26th May, 2010 Magnitude: 8.6-13.9 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 09 53 43.1692, Dec +34 55 35.350
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KL Draconis
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The Am CVn or helium dwarf nova KL Draconis is in outburst. Observations on the 17th September, 2009, by observers using the Liverpool Telescope detected a brightness increase of 1.35 magnitudes to magnitude 17.29. The star was also seen in outburst on the 8th August, 2009 with the system reachin...
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X Centauri
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Maxima of long period variable X Centauri on the 24th May, 2010 Magnitude: 8.0-13.4 Type: Mira Position (2000): RA 11 49 11.7847, Dec -41 45 27.276
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q1 Eridani
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Title: q1 Eri: a solar-type star with a planet and a dust belt Authors: R. Liseau, C. Risacher, A. Brandeker, C. Eiroa, M. Fridlund, R. Nilsson, G. Olofsson, G. Pilbratt, P. Thebault Only very few solar-type stars exhibiting an infrared excess and harbouring planets are known to date. Indeed, merel...
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V1113 Cygni
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Title: The 2003 and 2005 superhumps in V1113 Cygni Authors: K. Bakowska, A. Olech, K. Zloczewski, M. Wisniewski We report CCD photometry of the cataclysmic variable V1113 Cygni. During two campaigns, lasting from May to August 2003 and from March to June 2005, we recorded two superoutburst. In the...
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XTE J1701-462
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Title: XTE J1701-462 and its Implications for the Nature of Subclasses in Low-Magnetic-Field Neutron Star Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries Authors: Jeroen Homan, Michiel van der Klis, Joel K. Fridriksson, Ronald A. Remillard, Rudy Wijnands, Mariano Mendez, Dacheng Lin, Diego Altamirano, Piergiorgi...
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Xi Bootis
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Title: Resolving the Xi Boo Binary with Chandra, and Revealing the Spectral Type Dependence of the Coronal "FIP Effect" Authors: Brian E. Wood, Jeffrey L. Linsky On 2008 May 2, Chandra observed the X-ray spectrum of Xi Boo (G8 V+K4 V), resolving the binary for the first time in X-rays and a...
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Red giant survivor planet
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Astronomers detect red giant survivor planet 10 billion years old Italian astronomers have detected a planet that survived the red giant expansion of its home star. The researchers say that the discovery could be a sneak peek at the fate that awaits the Earth, some four or five billion years from now...
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Brown Dwarfs in Taurus
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Title: Spectroscopy of Putative Brown Dwarfs in Taurus Authors: K. L. Luhman, E. E. Mamajek Quanz and coworkers have reported the discovery of the coolest known member of the Taurus star-forming complex (L2±0.5) and Barrado and coworkers have identified a possible protostellar binary brown dwa...
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EF Eridani
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Title: XMM-Newton observations of EF Eridani: the textbook example of low-accretion rate polars Authors: A.D. Schwope, A. Staude, D. Koester, J. Vogel Archival X-ray observations of EF Eridani obtained in a low state revealed distinc...
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WD J1524-0030
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The Whole Earth Telescope (WET), a worldwide network of observatories coordinated by the University of Delaware, is synchronising its lenses to provide round-the-clock coverage of a cooling star. As the star dims in the twilight of its life, scientists hope it will shed light on the workings of ou...
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HAT-P-16b
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Title: HAT-P-16b: A 4 Mj Planet Transiting A Bright Star On An Eccentric Orbit Authors: L. A. Buchhave, G. A. Bakos, J. D. Hartman, G. Torres, G. Kovacs, D. W. Latham, R. W. Noyes, G. A. Esquerdo, M. Everett, A. W. Howard, G. W. Marcy, D. A. Fischer, J. A. Johnson, J. Andersen, G. Furesz, G. Perumpilly, D....
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NGC1999
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South of the large star-forming region known as the Orion Nebula, lies bright blue reflection nebula NGC 1999. The nebula is marked with a tiny dark inverted T-shaped dot in the middle of the bluewhite glow.
The dark shape is a dense gas and dust cloud, or Bok globule, seen in silhouette agai...
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30 Doradus 016
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Title: A massive runaway star from 30 Doradus Authors: C. J. Evans (UKATC), N. R. Walborn, P. A. Crowther, V. Henault-Brunet, D. Massa, W. D. Taylor, I. D. Howarth, H. Sana, D. J. Lennon, J. Th. van Loon We present the first ultraviolet (UV) and multi-epoch optical spectroscopy of 30 Dor 016, a massive...
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Kepler-4b
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Kepler-4b is one of the first 5 exoplanets discovered by the Kepler Mission and at 3.87 earth radii, is the smallest discovered by Kepler thus far. Read more
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