LIGO/Virgo G298048: DLT40 optical candidate
Abstract
We report the discovery of DLT17ck. The object was discovered on 2017-08-17.99 UT at R~17.3 mag, during the ongoing D<40 Mpc (DLT40) one day cadence supernova search, using data from the PROMPT 5 0.41m telescope located at CTIO. A confirmation image was obtained on 2017-08-18.02 UT with the PROMPT telescope. DLT17ck is located at RA: 13:09:48.09 Dec: -23:22:53.4.6, 5.37 W, 8.60 S arcsec offset from the center of the host galaxy, NGC 4993, consistent with the source found by Coulter et al. (LVC GCN 21529).
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- August 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017GCN.21531....1Y