SCAT publications

Papers from the SCAT survey, newest first.

These are the SCAT papers only. The full publication list is separate.

2026

  • Kopsacheili, M. et al. 2026, “The type Ia supernova 2023vjh: A peculiar 1991bg-like supernova with unusually faint light curves,” SciX
  • Tucker, Michael A. et al. 2026, “SCAT Data Release 1: 1812 optical spectra of 1331 transients,” SciX
  • Engholm, Athena C. et al. 2026, “ATLAS22kjn (AT 2022fpx): A Coronal Line Emitter with an Early Light Curve Bump and Mid-Infrared Dust Echo,” SciX
  • Pandey, Paarmita et al. 2026, “AT2021yky: A Fast-Rising Optical Transient with Evolving Broad Hydrogen Emission Consistent with an Ambiguous Nuclear Transient,” SciX
  • Medler, Kyle et al. 2026, “Contemporaneous Optical and Near-infrared Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Pre- and Postperihelion,” SciX
  • Hoogendam, W. B. et al. 2026, “University of Hawaii 88-inch Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spectrophotometric Blue-Sensitive Spectral Time Series Spanning Two Months from Discovery,” SciX
  • Lemon, Cameron et al. 2026, “A Natural ≳100× Telescope: Discovery of the Strongly Lensed Type II SN 2025mkn at z = 1.37,” SciX
  • Desai, Dhvanil D. et al. 2026, “ASAS-SN Rates IV: Constraints on the Kilonova Rate,” SciX
  • Shi, J. et al. 2026, “The Enigmatic Type Icn Supernova 2024abvb Located ~22 kpc from Its Host Galaxy,” SciX
  • DerKacy, J. M. et al. 2026, “JWST Observations of SN 2023ixf. I. Completing the Early Multiwavelength Picture with Plateau-phase Spectroscopy,” SciX
  • Aydi, Elias et al. 2026, “Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae,” SciX

2025

  • Baron, E. et al. 2025, “JWST Observations of SN 2024ggi. I. Interpretation and Model Comparison of the Type II Supernova 2024ggi at 55 Days past Explosion,” SciX
  • Gillanders, J. H. et al. 2025, “Pan-STARRS Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Event S250818k and the Light Curve of SN2025ulz,” SciX
  • Pandey, Paarmita et al. 2025, “Unraveling the Nature of the Nuclear Transient AT2020adpi,” SciX
  • Medler, K. et al. 2025, “JWST Observations of SN 2023ixf. II. The Panchromatic Evolution between 250 and 720 Days after the Explosion,” SciX
  • Seligman, Darryl Z. et al. 2025, “Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS,” SciX
  • Hoogendam, W. B. et al. 2025, “Early and Extensive Ultraviolet through Near Infrared Observations of the Intermediate-luminosity Type Iax Supernovae 2024pxl,” SciX
  • Bose, S. et al. 2025, “Expanding the parameter space of 2002es-like type Ia supernovae: On the underluminous ASASSN-20jq/SN 2020qxp,” SciX
  • Hinkle, Jason T. et al. 2025, “The most energetic transients: Tidal disruptions of high-mass stars,” SciX
  • Do, Aaron et al. 2025, “Hawai’i Supernova Flows: a peculiar velocity survey using over a Thousand Supernovae in the near-infrared,” SciX

2024

  • Tucker, Michael A. et al. 2024, “The Extremely Metal-poor SN 2023ufx: A Local Analog to High-redshift Type II Supernovae,” SciX
  • Dong, Yize et al. 2024, “Characterizing the Rapid Hydrogen Disappearance in SN 2022crv: Evidence of a Continuum between Type Ib and IIb Supernova Properties,” SciX
  • Hoogendam, W. B. et al. 2024, “Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-23bd (AT 2023clx): the lowest redshift and luminosity optically selected tidal disruption event,” SciX
  • Hodapp, Klaus W. et al. 2024, “An Episode of Occultation Events in Gaia21bcv,” SciX
  • Pearson, Jeniveve et al. 2024, “Strong Carbon Features and a Red Early Color in the Underluminous Type Ia SN 2022xkq,” SciX
  • Siebert, Matthew R. et al. 2024, “Ground-based and JWST Observations of SN 2022pul. I. Unusual Signatures of Carbon, Oxygen, and Circumstellar Interaction in a Peculiar Type Ia Supernova,” SciX

2023

  • Ertini, K. et al. 2023, “SN 2021gno: a calcium-rich transient with double-peaked light curves,” SciX
  • Moore, T. et al. 2023, “SN 2022jli: A Type Ic Supernova with Periodic Modulation of Its Light Curve and an Unusually Long Rise,” SciX
  • Nicholl, M. et al. 2023, “AT 2022aedm and a New Class of Luminous, Fast-cooling Transients in Elliptical Galaxies,” SciX
  • DerKacy, J. M. et al. 2023, “SN 2021fxy: mid-ultraviolet flux suppression is a common feature of Type Ia supernovae,” SciX
  • Neustadt, J. M. M. et al. 2023, “Multiple flares in the changing-look AGN NGC 5273,” SciX
  • Hinkle, Jason T. et al. 2023, “SCAT uncovers ATLAS’s first tidal disruption event ATLAS18mlw: a faint and fast TDE in a quiescent Balmer strong Galaxy,” SciX

2022

  • Tucker, M. A. et al. 2022, “The Spectroscopic Classification of Astronomical Transients (SCAT) Survey: Overview, Pipeline Description, Initial Results, and Future Plans,” SciX
  • Hinkle, Jason T. et al. 2022, “The Curious Case of ASASSN-20hx: A Slowly Evolving, UV- and X-Ray-Luminous, Ambiguous Nuclear Transient,” SciX

2021

  • Fraser, Morgan et al. 2021, “SN 2021csp – the explosion of a stripped envelope star within a H and He-poor circumstellar medium,” SciX
  • Mishra, Hora D. et al. 2021, “The Changing-look Blazar B2 1420+32,” SciX
  • Hinkle, Jason T. et al. 2021, “Discovery and follow-up of ASASSN-19dj: an X-ray and UV luminous TDE in an extreme post-starburst galaxy,” SciX

2020

  • Hodapp, Klaus W. et al. 2020, “The Outburst of the Young Star Gaia19bey,” SciX
  • Neustadt, J. M. M. et al. 2020, “To TDE or not to TDE: the luminous transient ASASSN-18jd with TDE-like and AGN-like qualities,” SciX

2019

  • Holoien, T. W.-S. et al. 2019, “PS18kh: A New Tidal Disruption Event with a Non-axisymmetric Accretion Disk,” SciX

2018

  • Tucker, M. A. et al. 2018, “ASASSN-18ey: The Rise of a New Black Hole X-Ray Binary,” SciX