PTF 10fqs: A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN THE SPIRAL GALAXY MESSIER 99

The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is systematically charting the optical transient and variable sky. A primary science driver of PTF is building a complete inventory of transients in the local universe (distance less than 200 Mpc). Here, we report the discovery of PTF10fqs, a transient in the lumi...

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Main Authors:	Kasliwal, M, Kulkarni, SR, Arcavi, I, Quimby, R, Ofek, E, Nugent, P, Jacobsen, J, Gal-Yam, A, Green, Y, Yaron, O, Fox, D, Howell, J, Cenko, S, Kleiser, I, Bloom, J, Miller, A, Li, W, Filippenko, A, Starr, D, Poznanski, D, Law, N, Helou, G, Frail, D, Neill, J, Forster, K
Format:	Journal article
Published:	2011

PTF 10fqs: A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN THE SPIRAL GALAXY MESSIER 99

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