Modelling blue straggler stars (BSSs) is a challenging task because they undergo non-single-star formation and evolution. Several formation scenarios have been proposed, but disentangling which pathway is responsible for the formation of a given BSS is not straightforward.
Two steps could significantly improve our understanding of these intriguing objects. Firstly, we need observables and...
As LSST will probe faint and distant stellar populations, it offers an unprecedented opportunity to study pulsating blue stragglers, particularly SX Phoenicis stars in stellar clusters. Mode identification is a crucial step in asteroseismic modelling, which can provide constraints on the internal structure and evolutionary history these stars. Photometric method of mode identification exploits...
The Rubin's LSST will transform time-domain astronomy while creating an unprecedented demand for rapid and sustained follow-up observations. BHTOM.space —the Black Hole Target and Observation Manager—coordinates a global network of nearly 200 professional and amateur telescopes and provides automated processing, calibration, and standardisation of heterogeneous photometric data. Originally...
