Research Publications Based on data from Indian Astronomical Observatory: Recent submissions

  • Subramaniam, A; Sahu, D. K; Sagar, R; Vijitha, P (EDP Sciences, 2005-09)
    We present UBV CCD photometry and low-resolution spectra of stars in the field of the young open cluster NGC 146. UBV photometry of 434 stars were used to estimate the E(B-V) reddening of 0.55 $\pm$ 0.04 mag and BV photometry ...
  • Anupama, G. C; Sahu, D. K; Deng, J; Nomoto, K; Tominaga, N; Tanaka, M; Mazzali, P. A; Prabhu, T. P (University of Chicago Press, 2005-09)
    We present BVRI photometry and optical spectroscopy of SN 2005bf near maximum light. The maximum phase is broad and occurred around 2005 May 7, about 40 days after the shock breakout. SN 2005bf has a peak bolometric magnitude ...
  • Tominaga, N; Tanaka, M; Nomoto, K; Mazzali, P. A; Deng, J; Maeda, K; Umeda, H; Modjaz, M; Hicken, M; Challis, P; Kirshner, R. P; Wood-Vasey, W. M; Blake, C. H; Bloom, J. S; Skrutskie, M. F; Szentgyorgyi, A; Falco, E. E; Inada, N; Minezaki, T; Yoshii, Y; Kawabata, K; Iye, M; Anupama, G. C; Sahu, D. K; Prabhu, T. P (The American Astronomical Society, 2005-11-10)
    Observations and modeling for the light curve (LC) and spectra of supernova (SN) 2005bf are reported. This SN showed unique features: the LC had two maxima, and declined rapidly after the second maximum, while the spectra ...
  • Sujatha, S; Babu, G. S. D (Springer, 2006)
    We present the first CCD photometric UBVRI observations of the not-so-well-studied open cluster NGC 1624 (OCl 403, Cr 53; α2000 = 04 h 40 m 36 s; δ2000 = + 50˚ 27′ 42″ Trumpler class = I 2 p N). This cluster was observed ...
  • Manoj, P; Bhatt, H. C; Maheswar, G; Muneer, S (American Astronomical Society, 2006-12-10)
    We present optical spectra of 45 intermediate-mass Herbig Ae/Be stars. Together with the multiepoch spectroscopic and photometric data compiled for a large sample of these stars and ages estimated for individual stars by ...
  • Limaye, S; Warell, J; Bhatt, B. C; Fry, P. M; Young, E. F (Astronomical Society of India, 2006)
    Observations of Venus were made during 3 May to 11 May 2004 (117.4o - 125.7o phase angle) and 3 July to 10 July, 2004 (132.5o - 125.1o phase angle) from the 1.2-metre Mt. Abu Telescope at Gurushikhar, Himalayan Chandra ...
  • Goto, T; Ojha, D (Astronomical Society of India, 2006)
    High redshift QSOs (redshift >5.7) are highly important ob jects. If such QSOs may be found, their spectra will reveal the onset of reionization of the intergalactic medium (Gunn-Peterson trough), and provide precious in ...
  • Sujatha, S; Babu, G. S. D; Ananthamurthy, S (Astronomical Society of India, 2006)
    The first CCD photometric UBVRI observations of the open clusters NGC 1857 (Czernik 20, OCl 427) and Czernik 25 (OCl 493) are presented. The observations were obtained on 28 November 2003 with the 2m Himalayan Chandra ...
  • Sahu, D. K; Anupama, G. C; Prabhu, T. P (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-01)
    Optical UBVRI photometry of the type Ia supernova (SN Ia) SN 2002hu covering the period from −2 to +73 d since B maximum is presented. The supernova reached at maximum brightness in B on JD 245 2591.78 ± 0.5 with an apparent ...
  • Ojha, D. K; Ghosh, S. K; Tej, A; Verma, R. P; Vig, S; Anupama, G. C; Sahu, D. K; Parihar, P. S; Bhatt, B. C; Prabhu, T. P; Maheswar, G; Bhatt, H. C; Anandarao, B. G; Venkataraman, V (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-03)
    We present a detailed study of the post-outburst phase of McNeil's nebula (V1647 Orionis) using optical B, V, R, I and near-infrared (NIR) J, H, K photometric and low-resolution optical spectroscopic observations. The ...
  • Subramaniam, A; Mathew, B; Bhatt, B. C; Ramya, S (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-06)
    We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of the young open cluster NGC 7419, which is known to host a large number of classical Be stars for reasons not well understood. Based on CCD photometric observations of 327 ...
  • Sahu, D. K; Anupama, G. C; Srividya, S; Muneer, S (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-09)
    We present optical photometry and spectroscopy of the Type IIP supernova SN 2004et that occurred in the nearby galaxy NGC 6946. The observations span a time range of 8–541 d after explosion. The late time bolometric ...
  • Pandey, S. B; Castro-Tirado, A. J; McBreen, S; Pérez-Ramírez, M. D; Bremer, M; Guerrero, M. A; Sota, A; Cobb, B. E; Jelínek, M; de Ugarte Postigo, A; Gorosabel, J; Guziy, S; Guidorzi, C; Bailyn, C. D; Muñoz-Darias, T; Gomboc, A; Monfardini, A; Mundell, C. G; Tanvir, N; Levan, A. J; Bhatt, B. C; Sahu, D. K; Sharma, S; Bogdanov, O; Combi, J. A (EDP Sciences, 2006-12)
    Context.GRB 050730 is a long duration high-redshift burst (z=3.967) that was discovered by Swift. The afterglow shows variability and was well monitored over a wide wavelength range. We present comprehensive temporal and ...
  • Goswami, A; Aoki, W; Beers, T. C; Christlieb, N; Norris, J. E; Ryan, S. G; Tsangarides, S (Blackwell Publishing, 2006-09)
    We present results of an analysis of high-resolution spectra obtained with the Subaru Telescope High Dispersion Spectrograph, of two Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor stars, HE 1305+0007 and HE 1152-0355, and of the classical CH ...
  • Patil, M. K; Pandey, S. K; Sahu, D. K; Kembhavi, A (EDP Sciences, 2007-01)
    We report optical extinction properties of dust for a sample of 26 early-type galaxies based on the analysis of their multicolour CCD observations. The wavelength dependence of dust extinction for these galaxies is determined ...
  • Misra, K; Bhattacharya, D; Sahu, D. K; Sagar, R; Anupama, G. C; Castro-Tirado, A. J; Guziy, S. S; Bhatt, B. C (EDP Sciences, 2007-03)
    Aims.We present broad band optical afterglow observations of a long duration GRB 060124 using the 1.04-m Sampurnanand Telescope at ARIES, Nainital and the 2.01-m HCT at IAO, Hanle, including the earliest ground-based ...
  • Maiti, M (The American Astronomical Society, 2007-04)
    The results of quasi-simultaneous continuous monitoring of six L dwarfs in the R and I bands are presented. A careful analysis of the data shows that the object 2MASSW J0036+1821 is variable in the I and R bands. The ...
  • Pastorello, A; Taubenberger, V; Elias-Rosa, N; Mazzali, P. A; Pignata, G; Cappellaro, E; Garavini, G; Nobili, S; Anupama, G. C; Bayliss, D. D. R; Benetti, S; Bufano, F; Chakradhari, N. K; Kotak, R; Goobar, A; Navasardyan, H; Patat, F; Sahu, D. K; Salvo, M; Schmidt, B. P; Stanishev, V; Turatto, M; Hillebrandt, W (Blackwell Publishing, 2007-04)
    We present early-time optical and near-infrared photometry of supernova (SN) 2005cf. The observations, spanning a period from about 12 d before to 3 months after maximum, have been obtained through the coordination of ...
  • Szkody, P; Mukadam, A; Gänsicke, B. T; Woudt, P. A; Solheim, Jan-Erik; Nitta, A; Sion, E. M; Warner, B; Sahu, D. K; Prabhu, T. P; Henden, A (American Astronomical Society, 2007-04)
    Ultraviolet observations using the Solar Blind Channel on the Hubble Space Telescope provide light curves and low-resolution spectra of three pulsating white dwarfs in the cataclysmic variables SDSS J013132.39-090122.3, ...
  • Subramaniam, A; Bhatt, B. C (Royal Astronomical Society, 2007-04)
    We present a UBV CCD photometric study of four open clusters, NGC 7245, King 9, IC 166 and King 13, located between l = 90° and 135°. All are embedded in a rich Galactic field. NGC 7245 and King 9 are close together in the ...

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