The Emergence of the Infrared Transient VVV-WIT-06

Minniti, D; Saito, RK; Forster, F; Pignata, G; Ivanov, VD; Lucas, PW; Beamin, JC; Borissova, J; Catelan, M; Gonzalez, OA; Hempel, M; Hsiao, E; Kurtev, R; Majaess, D; Masetti, N; Morrell, NI; Phillips, MM; Pullen, JB; Rejkuba, M; Smith, L; Surot, F; V

Minniti, D (reprint author), Univ Andres Bello, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Dept Ciencias Fis, Av Fernandez Concha 700, Santiago, Chile.; Minniti, D (reprint author), Millennium Inst Astrophys, Av Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile.; Minniti, D (repr

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS, 2017; 849 (2):

Abstract

We report the discovery of an enigmatic large-amplitude (Delta Ks > 10.5 mag) transient event in near-IR data obtained by the VISTA Variables in th......

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