In May 2022, I discovered a planet candidate via Planet Hunters TESS on @zooniverse.bsky.social . Today it is officially confirmed as TOI-5628 Ab, and our paper published in ApJL. I am grateful to Dr. Tianjun Gan for inviting me as a co-author. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... 1/9 🔭 🧪 #exoplanet
Jingyuan Zhao (赵经远)
@astrozhao.bsky.social
Amateur Astronomer. Member of Chinese Astronomical Society, Shandong Astronomical Society, Xingming Observatory. I have discovered many new celestial bodies. Asteroid (739634) Zhaojingyuan. My Scientific Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-3481
Swift: Finally, someone's coming to save me! Link: Wait, then who's going to save me?! 🔭
Swift reboost mission encounters attitude control problems A spacecraft launched nearly a month ago in a high-risk bid to boost the orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite is suffering attitude control problems that could jeopardize its mission....
I used the SPIRIT 3 telescope (0.32-m f/8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham+CCD, Clear filter) at the @icrar.bsky.social's Mardella Observatory (MPC code E29) to remotely observe the #ArtemisII Orion spacecraft and the ICPS upper stage at approximately 20:30 on April 2, 2026. #astro
A recent study finds that a recurrent nova may be powered by a rare Be star–white dwarf binary system, broadening the scope of possible novae origins. aasnova.org/2025/10/10/r... 🔭🧪
Rapid Recurrent Nova May Be Challenging Perceptions
A recent study finds that a recurrent nova may be powered by a rare Be star–white dwarf binary system, broadening the scope of possible novae origins.
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#astro My collaborators and I discovered M33N 2025-10a, and I also discovered M33N 2011-10a from Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) archive images, all of which were confirmed as outbursts of M33N 2021-08a. These three outbursts make M33N 2021-08a the first confirmed recurrent nova in M33.
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) = A11pl3Z Observations were made by me using Alnitak Remote Observatories robotic telescope network, Alnitak Research Telescope Access (ARTA) program. 🔭
I spent almost 2 hours painstakingly copying the orbits of all 128 Saturnian moons from the announcement MPEC and reformatting them for visualization... Behold, here are the orbits of ALL 128 MOONS OF SATURN. This isn't just a moon system—it's a literal asteroid belt around Saturn! 🧪🔭☄️
On the night of Jan. 29, I remotely observed the Gaia spacecraft using the SPIRIT 3 telescope at @icrar.bsky.social's Mardella Observatory (IAU code E29). Farewell to this incredible mission that revolutionized our understanding of the Milky Way! #Gaia #GBOT #astro
Here's the discovery image I took remotely from the Burke-Gaffney Observatory @BGO.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy . Follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations of this most recent eruption of M31N 2008-12a are strongly encouraged.🔭
🔭 The recurrent nova M31N 2008-21a went off a few hours ago. The discovery magnitude was 18.6CV. No sign of an ATel yet but it will surely come soon. Finder chart and comparison sequence magnitudes available at arxiv.org/pdf/1607.08082
Yesterday, I remote observed the transient TCP J06330104+0303350= Gaia DR3 3130088774241620608 using the Burke-Gaffney Observatory (BGO @BGO.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy ). Based on my observations, it has been confirmed as an eclipsing WZ Sge-type dwarf nova with an orbital period of 0.05786 days🔭
Today is paper day! Recently, I discovered two outbursts of the unusual recurrent nova M31N 2017-01e, one new (M31N 2024-08c), one old (M31N 2014-06c). After discussions with Prof. Allen Shafter from San Diego State University, an RNAAS paper was published today. 🔭
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,402,291!
#astro How romantic! A citizen science project helps anime characters realize their dreams in the real world!
【承認】小惑星「アオ(Ao)」命名、漫画『恋する小惑星』にちなんだアプリによる発見 news.livedoor.com/article/deta... 小惑星は『恋する小惑星』の略称にちなんだ未発見小惑星検出アプリ『COIAS』を通じて発見。「アオ(Ao)」という名前は同漫画の2人の主人公が交わした“約束” に由来しているという。
According to the prediction, the recurrent nova T Corona Borealis (T CrB) will outburst in the near future, and global monitoring is very necessary. We sincerely invite amateur astronomers around the world to join our initiative on monitoring T CrB, please read the initiative below.🔭 🧪
Our amateur team has discovered an interesting eclipsing variable star near SH 2-241 nebula from ZTF archive data. It has a period about 830 days, more than 40% in occultation, with a bright peak at the centre of the occultation. 🔭🧪 Image Credit: DSS、PanSTARRS DR1
WNYC's Radiolab and IAU are naming asteroid 164207, Earth’s quasi-moon. Submit your favorite name now! Event Details: radiolab.org/moon-officia..., www.iau.org/news/pressre... Nomination Website: woobox.com/wc2qxd 🔭🧪
With T Coronae Borealis expected to have an outburst any day now, recurrent novae are in the news. Recently, researchers reported their investigation of a recurrent nova that brightens every year. aasnova.org/2024/05/17/s... 🔭🧪
Studying a Guest Star's Annual Appearances - AAS Nova
With T Coronae Borealis soon rising to naked-eye visibility, recurrent novae are in the news. Recurrent nova M31N 2008-12a is the subject of today's article.
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hep-ex paper of the day: for stars within 500pc of us, SuperK+KamLAND are sensitive to supernova neutrinos---but not just from the core collapse! They'll also see the final hours (up to a day!) of runaway nuclear heating! AND the signal is strongly mass-hierarchy sensitive via the MSW effect! 🧪⚛️
Combined Pre-Supernova Alert System with Kamland and Super-Kamiokande
Preceding a core-collapse supernova, various processes produce an increasing amount of neutrinos of all flavors characterized by mounting energies from the interior of massive stars. Among them,...
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In an urban area with serious light pollution, the Seestar S50 was used to monitor the upcoming outburst of the recurrent nova T CrB. Because Seestar S50 doesn't have this object in its database, I chose GOTO to the nearby galaxy IC 4587, which places T CrB almost perfectly at the center. 🔭
Wow oh wow oh wow an incredibly bright cyclical nova erupts every 80 years and looks like a new star -- and it's about to happen again 🧪 🔭 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
This Nova Will Soon Erupt as a Once-in-a-Lifetime ‘New Star’ in the Night Sky
A nova called T Coronae Borealis spectacularly erupts every 80 years. Your only chance to see it will come any day now
scientificamerican.com
『恋する小惑星』を追体験!Webアプリ「COIAS」(アストロアーツ) 900名以上のユーザーによって利用され、7万を超える新天体候補の捜索に成功、うち45天体について仮符号が習得され、このうち6つは太陽系外縁天体(本文より) www.astroarts.co.jp/article/hl/a...
『恋する小惑星』を追体験!Webアプリ「COIAS」
未発見の太陽系小天体を探せるアプリ「COIAS」が一般公開。あなたも太陽系小天体を探してみませんか?
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🔭 We successfully observed the Triton occultation event on October 6, 2022 at Yanqihu in Beijing, China. A paper using our data has been accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A), which I am a co-author. This paper analyzes data from the CHEOPS Space Telescope, …… (1/2)
A low-resolution spectrum of T CrB acquired by the Xingming Observatory yesterday morning shows the Balmer emission lines and the TiO molecular absorption lines, etc. Taken by Xing Gao, and processed by me.
Ohhh, this is fun 👀 Two papers report on a declining Type Ic supernova light curve exhibiting ~12 day periodicity in NGC 157 (23 Mpc). Evidence of binary survival post-blast, with an accreting new compact remnant companion. www.nature.com/articles/s41... iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... 📸🔭
A 12.4-day periodicity in a close binary system after a supernova - Nature
A stripped-envelope supernova, SN 2022jli, shows 12.4-day periodic undulations during the declining light curve, and narrow Hα emission is detected in late-time spectra with concordant periodic veloc...
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Physics teachers. This site is great for Astrophysics and investigating stellar evolution in particular! #ITeachPhysics starinabox.lco.global
🔭Today is paper day! Our Nature paper on SN 2023ixf has finally been published online: www.nature.com/articles/s41... ! I am honored to be listed as a co-author. Much the data for this paper came from amateur telescopes, showing that even small facilities can produce top-notch scientific research.
M31N 2013-10c is a Recurrent Nova in M31 🔭 “we conclude that M31N 2023-11f is a subsequent eruption of the newly-identified recurrent nova M31N 2013-10c. Additional observations of this most recent eruption of M31N 2013-10c are strongly encouraged" www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=16354
The Astronomer's Telegram: We're Sorry!
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Citizen scientists 🧪🔭 Please help us find new black holes with this amazing new app! Download to help identify new transients and to train our system. You will be a coauthor, and top classifiers will even be able to trigger follow up observations with real telescopes! www.dbhc.nl/news/black-h...
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