GCN Circular 20512
Subject
LIGO/Virgo G270580: Pan-STARRS coverage and bright, rising transient PS17yt
Date
2017-01-24T12:37:51Z (8 years ago)
From
S. J. Smartt at Queens U Belfast <s.smartt@qub.ac.uk>
K. C. Chambers (IfA), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, (QUB)
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, B. Stalder, H. Weiland (IfA),
C. W. Stubbs (Harvard), (QUB), , A. Rest (STScI),
T.-W. Chen (MPE), M. Coughlin (Harvard), M. E. Huber (IfA),
D. E. Wright (QUB), H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. S. B. Schultz,
C. Waters, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA)
The Pan-STARRS coverage plot has been loaded up to GraceDB.
A full list of transients will follow soon, however we highlight the following
rapidly rising transient for which spectroscopic follow-up is recommended.
PS17yt 10:03:57.96 +49:02:28.3 (J2000)
MJD i i_err
57776.4589778 19.16 0.06
57775.6452663 19.54 0.09
57774.4694054 19.71 0.03
It is 12.7 arcsec from the galaxy SDSS J100358.86+490219.3, at a redshift of z=0.067,
mu = 37.4, M_i ~ -18.2 (16 kpc projected distance).