PTF10fqs: A Luminous Red Nova in the Spiral Messier 99

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May 2010

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On April 16, we discovered a rare transient (PTF10fqs) in the luminosity gap between novae and supernovae with the Palomar Transient Factory. PTF10fqs is located on a spiral arm in M99, a member of the Virgo Cluster. The explosion signature resembles th at of a class of "Luminous Red Novae"; only two other such transients are known. Here, we propose MIR photometry to determine the total energetics of the event and trace the circumstellar dust. Together with our ongoing optical, NIR, radio, UV and X-ray follow-up of PTF10fqs, we hope to make progress in deciphering the nature of this class.

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