Discovery of the Dust-Enshrouded Progenitor of SN 2008S with Spitzer (2008)
Prieto, J. L., Kistler, M. D., Thompson, T. A., Yuksel, H., Kochanek, C. S., Stanek, K. Z., ...
We report the discovery of the progenitor of the recent type IIn SN 2008S in the nearby galaxy NGC 6946. Surprisingly, it was not found in deep, pre-explosion optical images of its host galaxy taken...
A Survey About Nothing: Monitoring a Million Supergiants for Failed Supernovae (2008)
Kochanek, C. S., Beacom, J. F., Kistler, M. D., Prieto, J. L., Stanek, K. Z., Thompson, T. A., ...
Extragalactic transient searches have historically been limited to looking for the appearance of new sources such as supernovae. It is now possible to carry out a new kind of survey that will do the...