2024MNRAS.533.2113K

Query : 2024MNRAS.533.2113K

2024MNRAS.533.2113K - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 533, 2113-2132 (2024/September-2)

Kilonova Seekers: the GOTO project for real-time citizen science in time-domain astrophysics.

KILLESTEIN T.L., KELSEY L., WICKENS E., NUTTALL L., LYMAN J., KRAWCZYK C., ACKLEY K., DYER M.J., JIMENEZ-IBARRA F., ULACZYK K., O'NEILL D., KUMAR A., STEEGHS D., GALLOWAY D.K., DHILLON V.S., O'BRIEN P., RAMSAY G., NOYSENA K., KOTAK R., BRETON R.P., PALLE E., POLLACCO D., AWIPHAN S., BELKIN S., CHOTE P., CLARK P., COPPEJANS D., DUFFY C., EYLES-FERRIS R., GODSON B., GOMPERTZ B., GRAUR O., IRAWATI P., JARVIS D., JULAKANTI Y., KENNEDY M.R., KUNCARAYAKTI H., LEVAN A., LITTLEFAIR S., MAGEE M., MANDHAI S., MATA SANCHEZ D., MATTILA S., McCORMAC J., MULLANEY J., MUNDAY J., PATEL M., PURSIAINEN M., RANA J., SAWANGWIT U., STANWAY E., STARLING R., WARWICK B. and WIERSEMA K.

Abstract (from CDS):

Time-domain astrophysics continues to grow rapidly, with the inception of new surveys drastically increasing data volumes. Democratized, distributed approaches to training sets for machine learning classifiers are crucial to make the most of this torrent of discovery - with citizen science approaches proving effective at meeting these requirements. In this paper, we describe the creation of and the initial results from the Kilonova Seekers citizen science project, built to find transient phenomena from the GOTO telescopes in near real-time. Kilonova Seekers launched in 2023 July and received over 600 000 classifications from approximately 2000 volunteers over the course of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA O4a observing run. During this time, the project has yielded 20 discoveries, generated a 'gold-standard' training set of 17 682 detections for augmenting deep-learned classifiers, and measured the performance and biases of Zooniverse volunteers on real-bogus classification. This project will continue throughout the lifetime of GOTO, pushing candidates at ever-greater cadence, and directly facilitate the next-generation classification algorithms currently in development.

Abstract Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): techniques: miscellaneous - surveys - supernovae: general

Simbad objects: 31

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Number of rows : 31
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 AT 2023xqf ev 00 03 55.159 -29 35 38.95           ~ 1 0
2 AT 2023xnj ev 00 21 31.492 -32 48 20.18           ~ 1 0
3 AT 2023yqr ev 01 14 48.773 -20 59 41.45           ~ 1 0
4 SN 2023yer SN* 01 21 16.700 +17 12 55.98           SNIa 1 0
5 AT 2023yqs ev 02 08 23.440 -35 04 23.95           ~ 1 0
6 AT 2023ydt ev 02 19 40.742 -48 15 32.90           ~ 1 0
7 AT 2023pmm ev 02 44 18.422 +14 23 27.51           ~ 1 0
8 SN 2024hm SN* 03 24 06.521 -38 43 59.42           SNIa 1 0
9 AT 2023abdm ev 03 41 14.308 -48 51 18.08           ~ 1 0
10 SN 2023ver SN* 03 51 40.274 -00 30 38.95           SNIa 1 0
11 SN 2023aajf SN? 04 22 41.531 -51 29 15.28           SNIa 2 0
12 AT 2023xig ev 04 30 41.258 -39 17 55.73           ~ 1 0
13 AT 2023aagc ev 05 29 37.658 -35 55 16.98           ~ 1 0
14 AT 2023abdn ev 05 48 49.179 -24 15 21.60           ~ 1 0
15 AT 2023acdo ev 06 04 40.410 -26 38 41.64           ~ 1 0
16 SN 2023ysp SN* 06 19 37.294 -29 49 16.56           SNIa 1 0
17 SN 2023yrs SN* 06 26 52.896 -24 36 53.01           SNIa 1 0
18 AT 2023xqg ev 10 39 28.016 -39 31 33.69           ~ 1 0
19 AT 2023wbu ev 10 48 51.594 +17 37 33.02           ~ 1 0
20 AT 2023yox ev 11 55 51.573 +44 08 05.40           ~ 1 0
21 SN 2023acla SN* 12 05 02.450 +01 10 32.95           SNIa 1 0
22 SN 2024gy SN* 12 15 51.290 +13 06 56.12           SNIa 2 0
23 NGC 4216 AGN 12 15 54.444 +13 08 57.84 11.51 10.99 10.01     ~ 424 1
24 AT 2024agm ev 12 57 38.772 +40 11 57.38           ~ 1 0
25 AT 2024kh ev 13 16 52.136 +28 06 32.66           ~ 1 0
26 SN 2023oxc SN* 16 04 31.469 +36 19 00.59           SNIa 1 0
27 AT 2023rob CV* 18 55 04.878 -25 42 41.94           ~ 1 0
28 AT 2023pof ev 19 48 39.623 +00 40 25.99           ~ 1 0
29 Kepler-64b Pl 19 52 51.6169691968 +39 57 18.370395541           ~ 55 1
30 SN 2023vqn SN* 22 52 31.726 +18 14 06.46           SNIa 1 0
31 AT 2023xqy ev 23 41 43.058 -34 12 06.46           ~ 1 0

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