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The Enigmatic Abundance of Atomic Hydrogen in Saturn's Upper Atmosphere
DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/acaf78 Bibcode: 2023PSJ.....4...54B

West, Robert A.; Ballester, Gilda E.; Moses, Julianne I. +5 more

A planet's Lyα emission is sensitive to its thermospheric structure. Here we report joint Hubble Space Telescope and Cassini cross-calibration observations of the Saturn Lyα emission made 2 weeks before the Cassini grand finale. To investigate the long-term Saturn Lyα airglow observed by different ultraviolet instruments, we cross-correlate their …

2023 The Planetary Science Journal
Cassini IUE eHST 3
LeMMINGs. VI. Connecting nuclear activity to bulge properties of active and inactive galaxies: radio scaling relations and galaxy environment
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1122 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.522.3412D

Argo, M. K.; Knapen, J. H.; Williams, D. R. A. +13 more

Multiwavelength studies indicate that nuclear activity and bulge properties are closely related, but the details remain unclear. To study this further, we combine Hubble Space Telescope bulge structural and photometric properties with 1.5 GHz, e-MERLIN nuclear radio continuum data from the LeMMINGs survey for a large sample of 173 'active' galaxie…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
eHST 3
Constraining Changes in Surface Dust Thickness on Mars Using Diurnal Surface Temperature Observations From EMIRS
DOI: 10.1029/2023JE007794 Bibcode: 2023JGRE..12807794W

Christensen, Philip R.; Edwards, Christopher S.; Smith, Michael D. +1 more

Diurnal surface temperature data collected from the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer have been used to characterize dust redistribution on Mars following a regional dust storm in January 2022. A comparative temporal analysis is conducted pre- and post-dust storm to estimate net changes in surface dust thickness at Syrtis Major, Isidis Planitia,…

2023 Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets)
MEx 3
A search for variable subdwarf B stars in TESS Full Frame Images III. An update on variable targets in both ecliptic hemispheres - contamination analysis and new sdB pulsators
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3676 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.519.2486S

Kilkenny, D.; Németh, P.; Sahoo, S. K. +2 more

We present an update on the variable star survey performed on the TESS 30 min Full Frame Image (FFI) data reported by our first two papers in this series. This update includes a contamination analysis in order to identify false positives and analysis of the TESS 10 min FFI data collected during Years 3 and 4 of the mission. We clarify the variabil…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 3
Spicules in IRIS Mg II Observations: Automated Identification
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acbe3f Bibcode: 2023ApJ...946..103H

Polito, Vanessa; Chamberlin, Phillip C.; Milligan, Ryan O. +4 more

We have developed an algorithm to identify solar spicules in the first ever systematic survey of on-disk spicules exclusively using Mg II spectral observations. Using this algorithm we identify 2021 events in three Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) data sets with unique solar feature targets spanning a total of 300 minutes: (1) active r…

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
IRIS 3
Updated High-temperature Opacities for the Dartmouth Stellar Evolution Program and Their Effect on the Jao Gap Location
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acb685 Bibcode: 2023ApJ...944..129B

Boudreaux, Emily M.; Chaboyer, Brian C.

The Jao Gap, a 17% decrease in stellar density at M G ~ 10 identified in both Gaia Data Release 2 and Early Data Release 3, presents a new method to probe the interior structure of stars near the fully convective transition mass. The Gap is believed to originate from convective-kissing instability wherein asymmetric production of

2023 The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia 3
The Mass-Temperature Relation for B and Early A Stars Based on International Ultraviolet Explorer Spectra of Detached Eclipsing Binaries
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ace89b Bibcode: 2023AJ....166..109E

Torres, Guillermo; Evans, Nancy Remage; Kuraszkiewicz, Joanna +4 more

Ultraviolet spectra were taken of 25 detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs) with spectral types O, B, and early A with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite in the 1150-1900 Å region. The spectra were compared with BOSZ model atmospheres. The composite spectra of the DEBs were modeled by a combination of models representing the hot and cool…

2023 The Astronomical Journal
IUE 3
Statistical Survey of Magnetic Forces Associated With Earthward Bursty Bulk Flows Measured by MMS 2017-2021
DOI: 10.1029/2022JA031094 Bibcode: 2023JGRA..12831094P

Hamrin, M.; Karlsson, T.; Shi, Q. Q. +8 more

We investigate the magnetic forces (the magnetic pressure gradient force, the curvature force, and their sum the j × B-force) associated with earthward bursty bulk flows (BBFs) using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) data from five tail seasons (2017-2021). For the first time, the magnetic forces are inferred downtail of XGSM = −20 RE and…

2023 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
Cluster 3
The Pristine survey - XXI. Exploring the metal-poor boundary with ESPaDoNS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1291 Bibcode: 2023MNRAS.522.4815L

Sestito, Federico; Martin, Nicolas; Kordopatis, Georges +10 more

In this paper, we study high-resolution spectra of 19 stars that have metallicity estimates below -3.5 using at least two metallicity-sensitive photometric indices based on Pristine photometry. The purpose is to understand what kind of stars populate this parameter space, together with extremely metal-poor stars. This because we plan to extensivel…

2023 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 3
V907 Sco Switched to the Eclipsing Mode Again
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acae95 Bibcode: 2023AJ....165...81Z

Zasche, Petr; Barlow, Brad N.; Mašek, Martin +1 more

V907 Scorpii is a unique triple system in which the inner binary component has been reported to have switched on and off eclipses several times in modern history. In spite of its peculiarity, observational data on this system are surprisingly scarce. Here we make use of the recent Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite observations, as well as our …

2023 The Astronomical Journal
Gaia 3