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The unique aspect of LCO science is having a global network of telescopes at our disposal. The areas of astronomy most interesting to us are those which take full advantage of this sort of network; targets which appear suddenly and without warning like supernovae and solar system objects and those which need to be observed for long periods in darkness like exoplanets.

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Published Nov 2021
The Astronomical Journal, 2021 162 5
ArXiv: 2101.04696

OGLE-2019-BLG-0960 Lb: the Smallest Microlensing Planet

Yee, Jennifer C.  et al. Yee, Jennifer C., Zang, Weicheng, Udalski, Andrzej, Ryu, Yoon-Hyun, Green, Jonathan, Hennerley, Steve, Marmont, Andrew, Sumi, Takahiro, Mao, Shude, Gromadzki, Mariusz, Mróz, Przemek, Skowron, Jan, Poleski, Radoslaw, Szymański, Michał K., Soszyński, Igor, Pietrukowicz, Paweł, Kozłowski, Szymon, Ulaczyk, Krzysztof, Rybicki, Krzysztof A., Iwanek, Patryk, Wrona, Marcin, Albrow, Michael D., Chung, Sun-Ju, Gould, Andrew, Han, Cheongho, Hwang, Kyu-Ha, Jung, Youn Kil, Kim, Hyoun-Woo, Shin, In-Gu, Shvartzvald, Yossi, Cha, Sang-Mok, Kim, Dong-Jin, Kim, Seung-Lee, Lee, Chung-Uk, Lee, Dong-Joo, Lee, Yongseok, Park, Byeong-Gon, Pogge, Richard W., Bachelet, Etienne, Christie, Grant, Hundertmark, Markus P. G., Maoz, Dan, McCormick, Jennie, Natusch, Tim, Penny, Matthew T., Street, Rachel A., Tsapras, Yiannis, Beichman, Charles A., Bryden, Geoffery, Novati, Sebastiano Calchi, Carey, Sean, Gaudi, B. Scott, Henderson, Calen B., Johnson, Samson, Zhu, Wei, Bond, Ian A., Abe, Fumio, Barry, Richard, Bennett, David P., Bhattacharya, Aparna, Donachie, Martin, Fujii, Hirosane, Fukui, Akihiko, Hirao, Yuki, Silva, Stela Ishitani, Itow, Yoshitaka, Kirikawa, Rintaro, Kondo, Iona, Koshimoto, Naoki, Alex Li, Man Cheung, Matsubara, Yutaka, Muraki, Yasushi, Miyazaki, Shota, Olmschenk, Greg, Ranc, Clément, Rattenbury, Nicholas J., Satoh, Yuki, Shoji, Hikaru, Suzuki, Daisuke, Tanaka, Yuzuru, Tristram, Paul J., Yamawaki, Tsubasa, Yonehara, Atsunori, MOA Collaboration,

Published Nov 2021
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021 507 3
ArXiv: 2108.06654

SN2017jgh: a high-cadence complete shock cooling light curve of a SN IIb with the Kepler telescope

Armstrong, P.  et al. Armstrong, P., Tucker, B. E., Rest, A., Ridden-Harper, R., Zenati, Y., Piro, A. L., Hinton, S., Lidman, C., Margheim, S., Narayan, G., Shaya, E., Garnavich, P., Kasen, D., Villar, V., Zenteno, A., Arcavi, I., Drout, M., Foley, R. J., Wheeler, J., Anais, J., Campillay, A., Coulter, D., Dimitriadis, G., Jones, D., Kilpatrick, C. D., Muñoz-Elgueta, N., Rojas-Bravo, C., Vargas-González, J., Bulger, J., Chambers, K., Huber, M., Lowe, T., Magnier, E., Shappee, B. J., Smartt, S., Smith, K. W., Barclay, T., Barentsen, G., Dotson, J., Gully-Santiago, M., Hedges, C., Howell, S., Cody, A., Auchettl, K., Bódi, A., Bognár, Zs, Brimacombe, J., Brown, P., Cseh, B., Galbany, L., Hiramatsu, D., Holoien, T. W. -S., Howell, D. A., Jha, S. W., Könyves-Tóth, R., Kriskovics, L., McCully, C., Milne, P., Muñoz, J., Pan, Y., Pál, A., Sai, H., Sárneczky, K., Smith, N., Sódor, Á., Szabó, R., Szakáts, R., Valenti, S., Vinkó, J., Wang, X., Zhang, K., Zsidi, G.,

Published Nov 2021
The Astronomical Journal, 2021 162 5
ArXiv: 2107.01213

H-alpha and Ca II Infrared Triplet Variations During a Transit of the 23 Myr Planet V1298 Tau c

Feinstein, Adina D.  et al. Feinstein, Adina D., Montet, Benjamin T., Johnson, Marshall C., Bean, Jacob L., David, Trevor J., Gully-Santiago, Michael A., Livingston, John H., Luger, Rodrigo,

Published Nov 2021
The Astronomical Journal, 2021 162 5
ArXiv: 2110.06885

TESS-Keck Survey. V. Twin Sub-Neptunes Transiting the Nearby G Star HD 63935

Scarsdale, Nicholas  et al. Scarsdale, Nicholas, Murphy, Joseph M. Akana, Batalha, Natalie M., Crossfield, Ian J. M., Dressing, Courtney D., Fulton, Benjamin, Howard, Andrew W., Huber, Daniel, Isaacson, Howard, Kane, Stephen R., Petigura, Erik A., Robertson, Paul, Roy, Arpita, Weiss, Lauren M., Beard, Corey, Behmard, Aida, Chontos, Ashley, Christiansen, Jessie L., Ciardi, David R., Claytor, Zachary R., Collins, Karen A., Collins, Kevin I., Dai, Fei, Dalba, Paul A., Dragomir, Diana, Fetherolf, Tara, Fukui, Akihiko, Giacalone, Steven, Gonzales, Erica J., Hill, Michelle L., Hirsch, Lea A., Jensen, Eric L. N., Kosiarek, Molly R., de Leon, Jerome P., Lubin, Jack, Lund, Michael B., Luque, Rafael, Mayo, Andrew W., Močnik, Teo, Mori, Mayuko, Narita, Norio, Nowak, Grzegorz, Pallé, Enric, Rabus, Markus, Rosenthal, Lee J., Rubenzahl, Ryan A., Schlieder, Joshua E., Shporer, Avi, Stassun, Keivan G., Twicken, Joe, Wang, Gavin, Yahalomi, Daniel A., Jenkins, Jon, Latham, David W., Ricker, George R., Seager, S., Vanderspek, Roland, Winn, Joshua N.,

Published Oct 2021
The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 919 2
ArXiv: 2101.06345

A Bright Ultraviolet Excess in the Transitional 02es-like Type Ia Supernova 2019yvq

Burke, J.  et al. Burke, J., Howell, D. A., Sarbadhicary, S. K., Sand, D. J., Amaro, R. C., Hiramatsu, D., McCully, C., Pellegrino, C., Andrews, J. E., Brown, P. J., Itagaki, Koichi, Shahbandeh, M., Bostroem, K. A., Chomiuk, L., Hsiao, E. Y., Smith, Nathan, Valenti, S.,