[vsnet-grb-info 23108] LIGO/Virgo S190728q: ZTF19abjethn is inconsistent with new GW localization

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Mon Jul 29 05:53:25 JST 2019


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  25207
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo S190728q: ZTF19abjethn is inconsistent with new GW localization
DATE:    19/07/28 20:51:28 GMT
FROM:    Mansi M. Kasliwal at Caltech/Carnegie  <mansikasliwal at gmail.com>

Mansi M. Kasliwal (Caltech), Igor Andreoni (Caltech) and Michael Coughlin
(Caltech)

On behalf of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) and Global Relay of
Observatories Watching Transients Happen (GROWTH) collaborations

The new skymap just released by LIGO/Virgo (Lalinference.offline.fits.gz)
suggests that ZTF19abjethn (GCN 25199) is now outside the 95% confidence
level in the updated localization contour. We retract this candidate as a
potential counterpart of S190728q (GCN 25187).



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