A Binary Neutron Star merger alert from LIGO

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British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:38

There was just now an alert about a BNS merger

https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S230918aq/view/

but it's not a Gold plated one: There is a significant probability that this was just a false alarm, the sky localization is not great and partly in a part of the sky that is not easy to observe at the moment, and the distance could be rather far away.

 

Stay tuned!!

HB

 

Affiliation
British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (BAA-VSS)
never mind...it was retracted.

This is not considered to be a true event anymore. Bummer!

HB