VVV-WIT-01: highly obscured classical nova or protostellar collision?

ABSTRACT. A search of the first Data Release of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey discovered the exceptionally red transient VVV-WIT-01 (H − K

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Main Authors:	Lucas, Philip (Author) , Minniti, D. (Author) , Kamble, A. (Author) , Kaplan, D. L. (Author) , Cross, N. (Author) , Dékány, István (Author) , Ivanov, V. D. (Author) , Kurtev, R. (Author) , Saito, R. K. (Author) , Smith, L. C. (Author) , Catelan, M. (Author) , Masetti, N. (Author) , Toledo, I. (Author) , Hempel, M. (Author) , Thompson, M. A. (Author) , Contreras Peña, C. (Author) , Forbrich, J. (Author) , Krause, M. (Author) , Dale, J. (Author) , Borissova, J. (Author) , Emerson, J. (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	2020 January 20
In:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Year: 2020, Volume: 492, Issue: 4, Pages: 4847-4857
ISSN:	1365-2966
DOI:	10.1093/mnras/staa155
Online Access:	Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa155 Verlag, kostenfrei: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/492/4/4847/5709937
Author Notes:	P.W. Lucas, D. Minniti, A. Kamble, D.L. Kaplan, N. Cross, I. Dekany, V.D. Ivanov, R. Kurtev, R.K. Saito, L.C. Smith, M. Catelan, N. Masetti, I. Toledo, M. Hempel, M.A. Thompson, C. Contreras Peña, J. Forbrich, M. Krause, J. Dale, J. Borissova and J. Emerson

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Summary:	ABSTRACT. A search of the first Data Release of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) Survey discovered the exceptionally red transient VVV-WIT-01 (H − K
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ISSN:	1365-2966
DOI:	10.1093/mnras/staa155