de Wit et al. 2025: Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: III. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in three northern galaxies

S. de Wit, G. Muñoz-Sanchez, G. Maravelias, A.Z. Bonanos, K. Antoniadis, D. García-Álvarez, N. Britavskiy, A. Ruiz, A. Philippopoulou Mass loss in massive stars is crucial to understanding how these stars evolve and explode. Despite increasing evidence indicating its importance, episodic mass loss remains poorly understood. Here we report the …

ESO time granted for P112

Another successful ESO proposal! We managed to get about 1.5 nights for cycle P112, and in visitor mode! So, now that we are free to travel, we will have the PhD students Gonzalo Munoz-Sanchez (PI of the project) and Evangelia Christodoulou to travel to Paranal and observe from there. The …