Search

Image Details

View Article Bookmark & Share

Choose export citation format:

Export Citation
Large resolution
Hi-Resolution Export to PDF

AT 2016blu: Accretion-powered Outbursts in a Luminous Blue Variable and Compact Object Binary

  • Authors: Mojgan Aghakhanloo, Núria Torres-Albà, Nathan Smith, Raphael Baer-Way, Shazrene Mohamed, Alexei V. Filippenko, WeiKang Zheng, Thomas G. Brink, D. Andrew Howell, Brian Hsu, Moira Andrews, Joseph R. Farah, Curtis McCully, Kathryn Wynn, Réka Könyves-Tóth, Conor L. Ransome, Enrique Rathmann, Tamás Tordai, Sjoerd Dufoer, Charles Cynamon, Franz-Josef Hambsch, Thomas Rutherford, Simone Leonini, Franky Dubois, Ivo Peretto, Donald F. Collins, Lorenzo Betti, Lara Fossi, Irene Parenti, Vincenzo Pettina, Giulio Giordano Chiti, Maria Hofheinz, André Steenkamp, Sauro Gaudenzi, Nikola Antonov, Giuseppe Pappa

Mojgan Aghakhanloo et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal 1011 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

AT 2016blu was monitored with KAIT, GSP, and AAVSO observers in 2026 March as it approached its expected outburst. When it reached a peak magnitude of 16.6, Chandra ToO observations were triggered, resulting in a total exposure of 100 ks obtained over five epochs. Optical spectra were obtained during this period with Lick/Kast and later with MMT/BCH and LBT/MODS (see Figure 5).

Other Images in This Article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Image in this article
Copyright and Terms & Conditions

Additional terms of reuse