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For a complete 12 micron flux-limited sample of 207 IRAS sources, we have extracted light curves in seven infrared bands between 1.25 - 60 microns using the database of the DIRBE instrument on the COBE satellite. Using previous infrared…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Beverly J. Smith

The rarity of young massive stars combined with the fact that they are often deeply embedded has limited the understanding of their formation. Ground based mid-infrared (IR) interferometry is one way of securing the spatial resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-08 A. J. Frost , R. D. Oudmaijer , W. J. de Wit , S. L. Lumsden

We construct a catalog of mid-infrared (MIR) variable sources using the multi-epoch 3.6 (W1) and 4.5 $\mu$m (W2) dataset from the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) at the north and south ecliptic poles (NEP and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-08 Minjin Kim , Suyeon Son , Shinyu Kim , Luis C. Ho , Woong-Seob Jeong , Bomee Lee , Yujin Yang

The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey is a multi-wavelength programme of follow-up observations designed to distinguish between genuine massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and other embedded or dusty objects, such as ultra compact (UC) HII…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. C. Mottram , J. S. Urquhart , M. G. Hoare , S. L. Lumsden , R. D. Oudmaijer

The optical time-domain astronomy has grown rapidly in the past decade but the dynamic infrared sky is rarely explored. Aiming to construct a sample of mid-infrared outburst in nearby galaxies (MIRONG), we have conducted a systematical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 Ning Jiang , Tinggui Wang , Liming Dou , Xinwen Shu , Xueyang Hu , Hui Liu , Yibo Wang , Lin Yan , Zhenfeng Sheng , Chenwei Yang , Luming Sun , Hongyan Zhou

We report the discovery of a sample of 19 low redshift (z<0.22) spectroscopically non-Seyfert galaxies that show slow declining mid-infrared (MIR) light-curves (LCs), similar to those of tidal disruption event (TDE) candidates with extreme…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Tinggui Wang , Lin Yan , Liming Dou , Ning Jiang , Zhenfeng Sheng , Chenwei Yang

We present mid-infrared (MIR) observations, made with the TIMMI2 camera on the ESO 3.6 m telescope, toward 14 young massive star-forming regions. All regions were imaged in the N band, and nine in the Q band, with an angular resolution of ~…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 Esteban F. E. Morales , Diego Mardones , Guido Garay , Kate J. Brooks , Jaime E. Pineda

We study the relationship between the mid-infrared and sub-mm variability of deeply embedded protostars using the multi-epoch data from the Wide Infrared Survey Explorer ($WISE$/NEOWISE) and the ongoing James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)…

(abridged) Variability is a key property of stars on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB). Their pulsation period is related to the luminosity and mass-loss rate (MLR) of the star. Long-period variables (LPVs) and Mira variables are the most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 Martin Groenewegen

Utilizing a decade-long unTimely dataset, supplemented by multi-band data from archives, we search for young stellar objects (YSOs) with variations larger than one magnitude in W1 band within a region of 110 square degrees in the Galactic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-27 Jiaxun Li , Tinggui Wang

As part of the Young Stellar Object VARiability (YSOVAR) program, we monitored NGC 1333 for ~35 days at 3.6 and 4.5 um using the Spitzer Space Telescope. We report here on the mid-infrared variability of the point sources in the…

Using optical time series with Telescopi Joan Or\'o (TJO), Gaia, TESS, and NEOWISE archival data, we performed a variability study on the candidate bloated massive young stellar object (MYSO) IRAS 19520+2759. This is the first time that a…

We assess the systematics and efficiency of an AGN selection method based on mid-infrared (MIR) variability. To this end, we utilize various types of active and inactive galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, matching them with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-27 Shinyu Kim , Minjin Kim , Suyeon Son , Luis C. Ho

The characteristics of IR properties and MIR variability of RSGs in the LMC are analyzed based on 12 bands of NIR to MIR co-added data from 2MASS, Spitzer and WISE, and $\sim$6.6 years of MIR time-series data collected by the ALLWISE and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-12 Ming Yang , Alceste Z. Bonanos , Bi-Wei Jiang , Jian Gao , Meng-Yao Xue , Shu Wang , Man I Lam , Zoi T. Spetsieri , Yi Ren , Panagiotis Gavras

The mid-infrared (MIR; $\lambda\simeq3 - 10\mu$m) bands offer a unique window into understanding accretion and its interplay with jet formation in Galactic black hole X-ray binaries (BHXRBs). Although extremely difficult to observe from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-27 Chris John , Kishalay De , Matteo Lucchini , Ehud Behar , Erin Kara , Morgan MacLeod , Christos Panagiotou , Jingyi Wang

Mid-infrared bright objects in the direction of the Galactic Bulge were investigated using time series photometry from the MACHO data archive, which led to the discovery of a large number of long-period variables. Among these, a total of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-05 Klaus Bernhard , Stefan Uttenthaler , Stefan Hümmerich

Methanol and water masers indicate young stellar objects. They often exhibit flares, and a fraction shows periodic activity. Several mechanisms might explain this behavior but the lack of concurrent infrared (IR) data complicates to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 B. Stecklum , A. Caratti o Garatti , K. Hodapp , H. Linz , L. Moscadelli , A. Sanna

We present an analysis of near-infrared time-series photometry in J, H, and K bands for about 100 epochs of a 1 square degree region of the Lynds 1003/1004 dark cloud in the Cygnus OB7 region. Augmented by data from the Wide-field Infrared…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Scott J. Wolk , Thomas S. Rice , Colin A. Aspin

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) variability in young stellar objects (YSOs) is driven by several physical mechanisms, which produce a variety of amplitudes and light curve shapes. One of these mechanisms, variable disk accretion is predicted by…

Aiming to statistically study the variability in the mid-IR of young stellar objects, we have compared the 3.6, 4.5, and 24 um Spitzer fluxes of 1478 sources belonging to the C2D (Cores to Disks) legacy program with the WISE fluxes at 3.4,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 S. Antoniucci , T. Giannini , G. Li Causi , D. Lorenzetti