2017ApJ...850L...1L

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2017ApJ...850L...1L - Astrophys. J., 850, L1-L1 (2017/November-3)

MASTER optical detection of the first LIGO/Virgo neutron star binary merger GW170817.

LIPUNOV V.M., GORBOVSKOY E., KORNILOV V.G., TYURINA N., BALANUTSA P., KUZNETSOV A., VLASENKO D., KUVSHINOV D., GORBUNOV I., BUCKLEY D.A.H., KRYLOV A.V., PODESTA R., LOPEZ C., PODESTA F., LEVATO H., SAFFE C., MALLAMACHI C., POTTER S., BUDNEV N.M., GRESS O., ISHMUHAMETOVA Y., VLADIMIROV V., ZIMNUKHOV D., YURKOV V., SERGIENKO Y., GABOVICH A., REBOLO R., SERRA-RICART M., ISRAELYAN G., CHAZOV V., WANG X., TLATOV A. and PANCHENKO M.I.

Abstract (from CDS):

Following the discovery of the gravitational-wave source GW170817 by three Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO)/Virgo antennae (Abbott et al., 2017a), the MASTER Global Robotic Net telescopes obtained the first image of the NGC 4993 host galaxy. An optical transient, MASTER OTJ130948.10-232253.3/SSS17a was later found, which appears to be a kilonova resulting from the merger of two neutron stars (NSs). Here we describe this independent detection and photometry of the kilonova made in white light, and in B, V, and R filters. We note that the luminosity of this kilonova in NGC 4993 is very close to those measured for other kilonovae possibly associated with gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130603 and GRB 080503.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: general - gravitational waves - methods: observational - stars: neutron - stars: neutron

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 GRB 130603A gB 05 47 26.10 +82 54 36.7           ~ 28 0
2 Fermi bn161017745 gB 09 31 04.53 +43 07 35.0           ~ 75 0
3 SDSS J112848.22+170418.5 G 11 28 48.22989 +17 04 18.5014           ~ 393 0
4 NGC 4993 Sy2 13 09 47.6908761600 -23 23 02.314044636   13.34   11.92   ~ 397 0
5 GrW 170817 GWE 13 09 48.0850 -23 22 53.343           ~ 2683 0
6 GRB 080503 gB 19 06 28.74 +68 47 35.8           ~ 172 0
7 GrW 150914 GWE ~ ~           ~ 674 1

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