GCN Circular 42777
Subject
LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: SVOM/VT optical observations and preliminary results
Date
2025-11-20T07:21:34Z (a day ago)
From
Yinuo Ma <mayn@bao.ac.cn>
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Y. N. Ma, L. P. Xin, Z. H. Yao, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, H. L. Li, X. H. Han, Y. Xu, J. Wang, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, L. Lan, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team.
SVOM/VT performed the Target of Opportunity observations of 3 candidates of S251112cm reported by LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA (GCN 42650, GCN 42690). SVOM/VT began observing the field at 2025-11-17, in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously.
We observed AT2025adhf (GCN 42675, GCN 42724), AT2025adkl (GCN 42691), and AT2025addc (GCN 42658), which were reported by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (GCN 42707). We found that AT2025adhf is located within a galaxy, while AT2025adkl is situated at a galaxy's edge. Here we provide the total magnitudes of the supernovae and the galaxies (using the galactic nuclei as the photometric center), since we do not have the templates for this sources. AT2025addc is an isolated source, and we also provide its magnitude. The magnitudes are:
Name |Observation Date(UTC) |VT_B(AB_mag) |VT_R(AB_mag)
----------------------|----------------------|-------------|-------------
AT2025adhf(+galaxy) |2025-11-17 |17.19+-0.01 |16.41+-0.01
AT2025adkl(+galaxy) |2025-11-18 |20.14+-0.05 |19.50+-0.04
AT2025addc |2025-11-17 |20.45+-0.04 |20.75+-0.07
Our photometry was not corrected for Galactic extinction.
Further analysis of these candidates is ongoing.
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC), CAS.