Rapid 'turn-on' of a nuclear transient observed by astronomers
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 09:10
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers has observed the peculiar activity of a nuclear transient event known as PS1-13cbe. The transient, which occurred in the nucleus of the galaxy SDSS J222153.87+003054.2, experienced a rapid flare-up lasting about 70 days. The finding is reported in a paper published November 8 on arXiv.org.