J. P. Moore

SN 2009ip á la PESSTO No evidence for core-collapse yet

We present observations of the interacting transient SN 2009ip, from the start of the outburst in October 2012 until the end of the 2012 observing season. The transient reached a peak of

SN 2009N: Linking normal and subluminous type II-P SNe

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Optical and near-IR observations of the faint and fast 2008ha-like supernova 2010ae

=-17.7 mag before fading rapidly, with a total integrated luminosity of 1.9

Primary Black Hole Spin in OJ 287 as Determined by the General Relativity Centenary Flare

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Supernova 2010as: The Lowest-velocity Member of a Family of Flat-velocity Type IIb Supernovae

erg over the period of August-December 2012. The optical and near infrared spectra are dominated by narrow emission lines, signaling a dense circumstellar environment, together with multiple components of broad emission and absorption in H and He at velocities between 0.5-1.2

SN 2009ib: a Type II-P supernova with an unusually long plateau

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Mass and period limits on the ringed companion transiting the young star J1407

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Eclipses during the 2010 Eruption of the Recurrent Nova U Scorpii

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New Pulse Timing Measurements of the sdBV Star CS 1246

\. We see no evidence for nucleosynthesized material in SN 2009ip, even in late-time pseudo-nebular spectra. We set a limit of

The fading of Cassiopeia A, and improved models for the absolute spectrum of primary radio calibration sources

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