• HS 0705+6700: a new eclipsing sdB binary 

      Østensen, R.; Solheim, Jan Erik; Johannessen, F. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2001-10-09)
      We report the discovery of an eclipsing binary – HS 0705+6700 – being an sdB star with a faint companion. From its light curve the orbital period of 8263.87 s, the mass ratio of the system q = 0.28, the inclination of 84.◦4 and other system parameters are derived. The companion does not contribute to the optical light of the system except through a strong reflection effect. The semiamplitude of ...
    • Multiwavelength observations revealing the outbursts of the two soft X-ray transients XTE J1859+226 and XTE J1118+480 

      Solheim, Jan Erik; Chaty, S.; Haswell, C.A.; Østensen, R.; Hynes, R.I.; Shrader, C.R.; Cui, W.; Mauche, C.W.; Norton, A.J.; Geballe, T.R.; Ioannou, Z.; King, A.R. (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2001-02-06)
      We report here on multiwavelength observations of the two new soft X-ray transients (SXTs) XTE J1859+226 and XTE J1118+480, which we observed with HST/RXTE/UKIRT. For XTE J1118+480 we also used EUVE since it is located at a very high galactic latitude and suffers from very low extinction. The two sources exhibited very different behaviour. XTE J1859+226 seems quite normal and therefore a good ...
    • The optical afterglow and host galaxy of GRB 000926 

      Fynbo, J.U.; Østensen, R.; Gorosabe, J.; Solheim, Jan Erik; Dall, T.H.; Hjorth, J.; Pedersen, H.; Andersen, M.I.; Møller, P.; Holland, S.; Smail, I.; Kobayashi, N.; Rol, E.; Vreeswijk, P.; Vrba, F.; Burud, I.; Jensen, B.L.; Henden, A.; Thomsen, B.; Canzian, B.; Castro Cer´on, J.M.; Castro-Tirado, A.J.; Cline, T.; Goto, M.; Greiner, J.; Hanski, M.T.; Hurley, K.; Pursimo, T.; Lund, N.; Tanvir, N.; Terada, H. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2001-04-11)
      We present the discovery of the Optical Transient (OT) of the long–duration gamma-ray burst GRB 000926. The optical transient was detected independently with the Nordic Optical Telescope and at Calar Alto 22.2 hours after the burst. At this time the magnitude of the transient was R = 19.36. The transient faded with a decay slope of about 1.7 during the first two days after which the slope increased ...
    • Three photometric methods tested on ground-based data of Q 2237+0305 

      Østensen, R.; Burud, I.; Stabell, R.; Magain, P.; Courbin, F.; Refsda, S.; Remy, M.; Teuber, J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 1998-09-09)
      The Einstein Cross, Q 2237+0305, has been photometrically observed in four bands on two successive nights at NOT (La Palma, Spain) in October 1995. Three independent algorithms have been used to analyse the data: an automatic image decomposition technique, a CLEAN algorithm and the new MCS deconvolution code. The photometric and astrometric results obtained with the three methods are presented. ...