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Nathan Smith

Researcher at University of Arizona

Publications -  543
Citations -  30830

Nathan Smith is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Supernova & Nebula. The author has an hindex of 86, co-authored 503 publications receiving 28124 citations. Previous affiliations of Nathan Smith include University of Hawaii at Manoa & University of California.

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An Exceptional Dimming Event for a Massive, Cool Supergiant in M51

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented the discovery of an exceptional dimming event in a supergiant star in the Local Volume spiral M51, dubbed M51-DS1, was found as part of a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) search for failed supernovae.

Physical Conditions in the Homunculus

TL;DR: This article derived a photoionization model of the Homunculus nebula that reproduces many of its observed properties and concluded that observations of the homunculus could address basic problems in the physics of the interstellar medium.
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A Revised Historical Light Curve of Eta Carinae and the Timing of Close Periastron Encounters

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report and analyze newly uncovered historical estimates of the visual brightness of etaCar during its eruption, and correct some mistakes in the original record, showing two brief eruptions in 1838 and 1843 that resemble modern supernova impostors.