This is of the most intriguing object. We are still puzzled about its nature. From a red supergiant, it became a yellow one within months to year, showing B[e] characteristics. We are not certain if this is the correct answer or something else is undergoing. But definitely an exciting object …
A proceedings paper from IAUS 366 that took place virtually back in October 2021 (for which I had another poster contribution) was finally published at the end of 2022. It summarizes a collective work led by Michaela on B[e] Supergiants and Yellow Hypergiants, two massive star phases where we observe …
This is a paper that I finally managed to complete. Starting back in 2016 we looked into the light curves for ρ Cas to identify potential correlations with its latest outburst in 2013, but not all data made it through the final paper (Kraus et al. 2019). Given this first …
Three poster contributions during EAS 2021 with the following … statistics: all of them on massive stars, two within the framework of the ASSESS project, and two on machine-learning applications. 1. Applying machine-learning methods to build a photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies Grigoris Maravelias, Alceste Bonanos, Frank …
Our most recent work comes as a proceedings paper for the conference “Stars: from collapse to collapse” (Special Astrophysical Observatory, Nizhnij Arkhyz, Karachai-Cherkessian Republic, Russia, 3-7 October 2016): The yellow hypergiant – B[e] supergiant connection A. Aret, M. Kraus, I. Kolka, G. Maravelias B[e] supergiants and yellow hypergiants share a …
During the last week I was traveling from Ondrejov forth and back to the “The B[e] Phenomenon: Forty Years of Studies”, in Prague (27 June – 1 July 2016). It was a nice conference with many interesting talks, and fruitful discussions. Most importantly, I met some old friends and made …
