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GCN Circular 21885

Subject
LIGO/Virgo G297595: LSGT observation of nearby galaxies
Date
2017-09-15T08:02:22Z (8 years ago)
From
Myungshin Im at Seoul National U <myungshin.im@gmail.com>
M. Im, C. Choi, H. M. Lee (SNU), on behalf of the KU collaboration

We report the observation of galaxies in the LVC error region for
 G297595/GW170814 (GCN 21474) The following galaxies were observed as a
part of the ongoing galaxy monitoring program one to two days before or
after the reported time of the event of 2017-08-14 10:30:43 UTC (GCN21474).
The Lee Sang Gak Telescope (LSGT), a 0.43m telescope at the Siding Spring
Observatory, was used for the observation (Im et al. 2015).

NGC 1097

NGC 1309

NGC 1365

NGC 1395

NGC 1672

2MASX J02451334-4627194

LCRS B025857.5-382242

2MASX J03171288-435821

LCRS B031640.4-421205

 No credible transient has been found around these galaxies, except for NGC
1672 where a young supernova, SN 2017gax, is detected in the images taken
on both August 13 and 14, making it not associated with G297595/GW170814.
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