@ucsctransients

We're the transient astronomy group at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

 Santa Cruz, CA
Joined February 2017
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Our team page adds an alumni section - bit.ly/UCSCGWastro-alumni

UCSC Transients - Team

Ryan Foley Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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"Save the date! UC Santa Cruz’s 5th annual Giving Day is Sept 30. My project Gravitational Wave Astrophysics for Undergraduates needs your help to raise funds. #give2ucsc give.communityfunded.com/o/u…
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Coming Sept. 30 - @UCSC Giving Day crowdfunding campaign helps undergraduates in the Gravitational Wave Astrophysics program gain research experience at @Lick Observatory. Visit our project page to learn how you can help our students. #give2ucsc
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Please join me in supporting this important cause! give.communityfunded.com/o/u…
UCSC News Release Today news.ucsc.edu/2020/08/accret…

New observations of black hole devouring a star reveal rapid disk formation

The first clear confirmation of accretion disk formation in a tidal disruption event without x-ray emissions supports theoretical predictions.

news.ucsc.edu
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The Type Ia supernova 2019mkv in LEDA69894, 710 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The Type Iax supernova 2019muj in LEDA9272, 100 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The Type Ia supernova 2019tja in LEDA68379, 150 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The Type Ia supernova 2019dwq in LEDA53259, 390 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The LBV outburst 2019oet in LEDA70036, 70 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The Type Ia supernova 2019zjh in LEDA1388201, 310 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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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
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The Type Ia supernova 2020clq in NGC1613, 210 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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The Type Ia supernova 2020bjk in LEDA38501, 310 million light years away. #ucsctransients #swopetelescope
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