UCSC Transients @ucsctransients
We're the transient astronomy group at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz, CA Joined February 2017-
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New research results! Postdoc Tiara Hung and team used @Hubble to see a star ripped apart by a supermassive black hole, a “tidal disruption event” that is closest yet discovered. Ultraviolet reveals fast-moving material in these rare events. More: bit.ly/UCSCat2019qiz @ucsc
New research results! Postdoc Tiara Hung and team used @hst to view a star ripped apart by a supermassive black hole. This “tidal disruption event” is the closest yet discovered. Ultraviolet reveals fast-moving material in these rare events. More: bit.ly/UCSCat2019qiz @ucsc
We've been working on the Young Supernova Experiment (YSE), a new optical time-domain survey on the Pan-STARRS telescopes, for about a year now. YSE just published its survey overview and initial transient discoveries. Read about it here: bit.ly/YSE-PZ #UCSC
GIVE TODAY - @ucsc Giving Day crowdfunding campaign helps Gravitational Wave Astrophysics undergraduates get research experience at @lick Observatory. Visit our project page bit.ly/UCSCGWASTRO to learn how you can help our students. #give2ucsc
TOMORROW Only - @ucsc Giving Day crowdfunding campaign helps undergraduates in the Gravitational Wave Astrophysics program gain research experience at @lick Observatory. Visit our project page bit.ly/UCSCGWASTRO to learn how you can help our students. #give2ucsc
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The Type Ia supernova 2019mkv in LEDA69894, 710 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Iax supernova 2019muj in LEDA9272, 100 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Ia supernova 2019tja in LEDA68379, 150 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Ia supernova 2019dwq in LEDA53259, 390 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The LBV outburst 2019oet in LEDA70036, 70 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Ia supernova 2019zjh in LEDA1388201, 310 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Ia supernova 2019ubs in LEDA9275, 480 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The American Astronomical Society just established a new accolade — five luminaries at @ucsc were named Legacy Fellows. Congrats to Natalie Batalha (@nbatalha), Sandra Faber, Douglas Lin, Claire Max, and Stan Woosley! @AAS_Office sci.ucsc.edu/32u9sBs
The Type Ia supernova 2020clq in NGC1613, 210 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
The Type Ia supernova 2020bjk in LEDA38501, 310 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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