VizieR Online Data Catalog: HST imaging and light curves of 21 SPIRITS variables (Bond+, 2022)

In 2014, our team started a systematic search for luminous IR transients and variables in nearby galaxies, called the SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey (SPIRITS). Our survey used the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) on the warm Spitzer Space Telescope to search for variable extragalactic objects at wavelengths of 3.6 and 4.5um. Full details of the SPIRITS survey and initial discoveries are presented in Kasliwal+ 2017 (J/ApJ/839/88), and updated overviews are given by Jencson+ (2019, J/ApJ/886/40 and 2020PhDT.........1J).

For the infrared transients and SPRITEs, we also include optical constraints from wide-field, untargeted surveys, namely, the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) and the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). See Section 6.

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