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[vsnet-grb-info 40739] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: TROVE Vetting of TNS Candidates
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42675 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: TROVE Vetting of TNS Candidates DATE: 25/11/13 22:30:11 GMT FROM: Noah Franz at University of Arizona/Steward Observatory <noahfranz13(a)gmail.com> N. Franz (U. Arizona), N. Vieira (Northwestern), C. D. Kilpatrick (Northwestern), D. J. Sand (U. Arizona), B. Subrayan (U. Arizona), G. Hosseinzadeh (UC San Diego), M. Shrestha (Monash U), K. D. Alexander (U. Arizona), W. Fong (Northwestern), report on behalf of the TROVE collaboration: We analyzed candidate counterparts to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA (LVK) gravitational wave event S251112cm (GCN 42650) using the Multi-messenger Tool for Rapid Object Vetting and Examination (TROVE). We searched within the 95th percentile localization region for candidate optical counterparts in host galaxies at the approximate luminosity distance of S251112cm. We further crossmatch to minor planet and point source catalogs and rule out sources that do not appear photometrically similar to kilonova light curves. For additional details, see the vetting procedures described in N. Franz, et al., 2025, arXiv:2510.17104. Below, we report all candidates that remain viable after running our vetting procedure using publicly available information on all publicly reported sources, to date, on the Transient Name Server (TNS). We include their TNS identifier, coordinates, cumulative probability at the coordinate location in the latest LVK map, most likely host redshift, most recent magnitude, and the initial reporting group. Candidates are ranked using a scoring procedure designed to identify kilonova counterparts to GW events (N. Franz, et al., 2025, arXiv:2510.17104). The reported candidates are not clearly identified as kilonovae, but we note that the progenitor system of S251112cm is poorly constrained given the exceptional attributes of the event as reported by LIGO: a probability of the system containing a neutron star < 8%, probability of containing a sub-solar mass object >99%, and a chirp mass in the range 0.1 to 0.87 solar masses. | TNS Name | RA [HMS] | Dec [DMS] | Localization Probability Contour | Most likely Host-z | Most recent public magnitude | Discovery Survey | Comments | | ------- | ------ | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | | AT2025adht | 12:00:24.350 |+49:02:51.95 | 0.83 | 0.11 +/- 0.07 (photo-z) | g=21.4 +/- 0.2 | ZTF | | | AT2025adgp | 01:47:46.202 | -51:49:25.52 | 0.20 | 0.06 +/- 0.02 (photo-z) | o=19.1 +/- 0.05 | BlackGEM | ATLAS pre-detection ~6 hours before S251112cm. This candidate was initially presented in GCN42663 and the ATLAS pre-detections were noted in GCN 42666. | | AT2025adhf | 02:43:44.411 | -55:19:06.44 | 0.15 | 0.11 +/- 0.02 (photo-z) | o=19.22 +/- 0.05 | ATLAS | ATLAS pre-detections in the ~week leading up to S251112cm. | | AT2025adhs | 04:12:56.396 | -54:11:46.41 | 0.09 | 0.04 (spec-z) | o=20.71 +/- 0.22 | BlackGEM | | We encourage additional follow up of these candidates to determine whether they remain viable counterparts to S251112cm. We note that there are 10 other transients reported to the TNS in the 95% localization region that we rule out for other reasons (e.g., excessive pre-detections, incorrect host distance as compared to S251112cm, etc.): AT2025adhj, AT2025addc, AT2025adhr, AT2025adhu, AT2025adhg, AT2025addb, AT2025adhh, AT2025adda, AT2025adhe, AT2025adgq. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42675. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40738] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: FTW observations of galaxies within localization region
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42674 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: FTW observations of galaxies within localization region DATE: 25/11/13 20:12:23 GMT FROM: Julius Gassert at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München <julius.gassert(a)campus.lmu.de> Julius Gassert (CMU/LMU), Malte Busmann (LMU), Xander J. Hall (CMU), Brendan O’Connor (CMU), Daniel Gruen (LMU), and Antonella Palmese (CMU) report: We observed a sample of 19 DESI galaxies, ranked by 3D position and brightness following the methodology laid out in Hall et al. (2025), in the sky localization region of gravitational wave event S251112cm (GCN 42650) with the Three Channel Imager (3KK) at the Fraunhofer Telescope at Wendelstein Observatory (FTW) in the r, i, and J bands simultaneously. Observations started at 2025-11-12T17:43 (UT). Typical three-sigma limits for point sources are r, i ~ 21, and the field of view is 7’x7’. We do not identify any candidate GW counterpart in difference imaging with respect to Legacy Survey and PS1 data. The coordinates of the observed targets are listed below. | R.A. | dec | |---|---| | 164.426910134 | 37.65453732955 | | 165.5240393492 | 38.78722513647 | | 167.4811243685 | 36.94655132258 | | 173.5605908567 | 49.0431665104 | | 182.4385674509 | 56.52359456357 | | 182.8894005861 | 57.73745323273 | | 186.0084874694 | 58.38519262405 | | 196.9032263873 | 60.15719529696 | | 197.1937364898 | 62.27166824173 | | 250.834423606 | 70.63254712505 | | 341.1015299287 | -0.162034769873 | | 341.5808358893 | 3.210042314846 | | 343.2053071078 | 1.201113639068 | | 344.2120066199 | -8.967554297055 | | 344.5092848207 | -3.76968999454 | | 345.0369565289 | -12.80783236183 | | 346.7423345683 | -9.286127524436 | | 347.1867614296 | -12.63952485965 | | 349.7190055484 | -10.25928200595 | We thank Christoph Ries from the Wendelstein Observatory staff for obtaining these observations. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42674. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40737] Fermi GRB 251113A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42673 SUBJECT: Fermi GRB 251113A: Global MASTER-Net observations report DATE: 25/11/13 18:46:05 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov(a)xray.sai.msu.ru> V.Lipunov, E.Gorbovskoy, A.Kuznetsov, K.Zhirkov, I.Panchenko, N.Tiurina, P.Balanutsa, V.Topolev, D.Vlasenko, G.Antipov, A.Sankovich, Yu.Tselik, Ya.Kechin, V.Senik, A.Chasovnikov, K.Labsina, I. Gorbunov (Lomonosov MSU), O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU), C.Francile, F. Podesta, R.Podesta, E. Gonzalez (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA), A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory), A.Sosnovskij (CrAO), A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity), D.Buckley (SAAO), R.Rebolo (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez, J.Martinez, A.R.Corella, L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Observatory) MASTER-SAAO robotic telescope [1] located in South Africa (South African Astronomical Observatory) started inspect of the Fermi GRB 251113A ( Fermi GBM team, GCN 42671) errorbox 3189 sec after notice time and 3223 sec after trigger time at 2025-11-13 18:31:13 UT, with upper limit up to 18.9 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 73 deg. The sun altitude is -15.3 deg. The galactic latitude b = -35 deg., longitude l = 179 deg. Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here: https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3041542 We obtain a following upper limits. Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment _________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________ 3254 | 2025-11-13 18:31:13 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 31.68s , +07d 50m 32.6s) | C | 60 | 18.0 | 3314 | 2025-11-13 18:31:13 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 31.68s , +07d 50m 32.6s) | C | 180 | 18.8 | Coadd 3254 | 2025-11-13 18:31:13 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 36m 49.82s , +08d 06m 25.7s) | C | 60 | 17.6 | 3345 | 2025-11-13 18:32:45 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 31.92s , +07d 48m 57.6s) | C | 60 | 18.2 | 3345 | 2025-11-13 18:32:45 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 36m 50.05s , +08d 04m 49.4s) | C | 60 | 17.7 | 3438 | 2025-11-13 18:34:17 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 35.46s , +07d 50m 09.7s) | C | 60 | 18.2 | 3438 | 2025-11-13 18:34:18 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 36m 53.59s , +08d 06m 00.6s) | C | 60 | 17.8 | 3560 | 2025-11-13 18:35:50 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 30.08s , +07d 49m 40.0s) | C | 120 | 18.8 | 3560 | 2025-11-13 18:35:50 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 36m 48.15s , +08d 05m 30.5s) | C | 120 | 18.2 | 3713 | 2025-11-13 18:38:23 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 38m 29.14s , +07d 50m 41.1s) | C | 120 | 18.9 | 3713 | 2025-11-13 18:38:23 | MASTER-SAAO | (03h 36m 47.11s , +08d 06m 30.9s) | C | 120 | 18.5 | Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band. The observation and reduction will continue. The message may be cited. [1] - V.M. Lipunov, V.G. Kornilov, E.S. Gorbovskoy, N.A. Tiurina & A.S.Kuznetsov, 2023, Astronomical Robotic Networks and Operative Multichanel Astrophysics, Lomonosov MSU PRESS, 591pp. http : // www.pereplet.ru/lipunov/625.html View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42673. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40736] GRB 251113A: BALROG localization (Fermi Trigger 784748255 / GRB 251113734)
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42672 SUBJECT: GRB 251113A: BALROG localization (Fermi Trigger 784748255 / GRB 251113734) DATE: 25/11/13 18:19:45 GMT FROM: Jochen Greiner at MPE <jcgrog(a)mpe.mpg.de> T. Preis (University of Innsbruck) & J. Greiner (MPE Garching) report: The public trigdat data of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 784748255 at 17:37:30 on 13 Nov. 2025 were automatically fitted for spectrum and sky location with BALROG (Burgess et al. 2018, MNRAS 476, 1427; Berlato et al. 2019, ApJ 873, 60). The best-fit position is: RA(2000.0) = 52.6 deg Decl.(2000.0) = 10.4 deg The 1 sigma statistical error radius is 1.6 deg. We estimate an additional systematic error of 1 deg. Further details are available at: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB251113734/ The Healpix map can be downloaded from: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB251113734/healpix The location parameters are available as JSON at: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB251113734/json View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42672. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40735] GRB 251113A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42671 SUBJECT: GRB 251113A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/11/13 17:48:06 GMT FROM: Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply(a)GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov> The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB At 17:37:30 UT on 13 Nov 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 251113A (trigger 784748255.384296 / 251113734). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 55.1, Dec = 8.2 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 03h 40m, 8d 11'), with a statistical uncertainty of 1.5 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 52.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251113734/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251113734/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251113734/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42671. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40734] GRB 251111A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42670 SUBJECT: GRB 251111A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis DATE: 25/11/13 15:34:26 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> H. Yang, M. Brunet, O. Godet (IRAP), W.-J. Xie (NAOC), S. Schanne, B. Hubert (CEA), Y.-H. Cheng (SWIFAR,YNU), B.-T. Wang (YNAO) Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of ECLAIRs observations of GRB 251111A (SVOM burst-id sb25111101, GCN 42637) detected at T0 = 2025-11-11T05:10:18.26. The burst that triggered ECLAIRs consists of a single peak mostly seen in the 4-30 keV, with a duration of T90 = 5.31 (-0.68 / +2.36) s in the 4-20 keV energy band. The time-averaged spectrum from the peak (T0-5.3 s to T0+5 s) in the 5-30 keV energy range is well fitted by a power-law model with a photon index of 2.4 +/-0.2.The large photon index suggests that the peak energy is below 4 keV, indicating that this event is an X-ray flash. A blackbody model is also tested but does not provide a good fit. With the power-law model, the total 4-120 keV fluence is (1.5+/-0.2)e-07 erg/cm^2. All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level. The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. The SVOM/ECLAIRs point of contact for this burst is: Hui Yang (IRAP) (hui.yang(a)irap.omp.eu) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42670. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40733] GRB 251025B: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42669 SUBJECT: GRB 251025B: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis DATE: 25/11/13 14:50:40 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> M. Brunet (IRAP), F. Lacreu (IAP), F. Daigne (IAP), O. Godet (IRAP), S. Hussein (IJCLab) Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of ECLAIRs observations of GRB 251025B (SVOM burst-id sb25102502, GCN 42347) detected at T0 = 2025-10-25T14:24:05. The burst that triggered ECLAIRs consists of a multiple peak lightcurve, lasting about 80 s in the 4-120 keV energy band. The time-averaged spectrum from T0-21 s to T0+39 s in the 5-120 keV energy range is best fitted by a power-law model with a photon index of 1.60 +/-0.06. With this model, the total 4-120 keV fluence is (1.52 +0.06/-0.11)e-06 erg/cm^2. All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level. The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. The SVOM/ECLAIRs point of contact for this burst is: Marius Brunet (IRAP) (marius.brunet at irap.omp.eu) View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42669. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40732] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 784717756/251113381 is not a GRB
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42668 SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 784717756/251113381 is not a GRB DATE: 25/11/13 14:29:46 GMT FROM: Elisabetta Bissaldi at Politecnico and INFN Bari <elisabetta.bissaldi(a)ba.infn.it> E. Bissaldi (Politecnico and INFN Bari) reports on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team: "The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 784717756 / 251113381 at 09:09:11.19 UT on 13 November 2025, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is likely due to a solar flare." View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42668. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40731] GRB 251112A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42667 SUBJECT: GRB 251112A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits DATE: 25/11/13 14:23:39 GMT FROM: Alice Breeveld at MSSL-UCL <a.breeveld(a)ucl.ac.uk> A.A. Breeveld (UCL-MSSL) and A. Mei (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 251112A 304 s after the BAT trigger (Mei et al., GCN Circ. 42656). No optical afterglow consistent with the XRT position (Lanava et al., GCN Circ. 42665) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are: Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag u_FC 304 553 246 >19.9 white 856 944 86 >20.0 uvw1 683 697 14 >17.2 uvm2 658 849 39 >17.6 uvw2 609 801 39 >18.0 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.158 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42667. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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[vsnet-grb-info 40730] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: ATLAS pre-detections of AT2025adgp and AT2025adgq
by GCN Circulars 13 Nov '25

13 Nov '25
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42666 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251112cm: ATLAS pre-detections of AT2025adgp and AT2025adgq DATE: 25/11/13 12:12:23 GMT FROM: James Gillanders at University of Oxford <jhgillanders.astro(a)gmail.com> J. H. Gillanders (Oxford), S. J. Smartt, K. W. Smith (Oxford/QUB), S. Srivastav, H. Stevance, F. Stoppa, A. Cooper (Oxford), M. Nicholl, D. R. Young, C. R. Angus, M. D. Fulton, T. Moore, A. Aamer, M. McCollum, S. Sim, J. Weston, X. Sheng, D. Magill, P. Ramsden (QUB), L. Shingles (GSI/QUB), L. Rhodes (TSI/McGill), L. Denneau, J. Tonry, H. Weiland, R. Siverd (IfA, University of Hawaii), N. Erasmus, W. Koorts (South African Astronomical Observatory), A. Rest (STScI), T.-W. Chen (NCU), C. Stubbs (Harvard), J. Sommer (LMU/QUB), B. Schmidt (ANU): We are currently observing the skymap of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA GW event S251112cm (LVK Collaboration, GCN 42650) with ATLAS (Tonry et al., 2018, PASP, 13, 164505; Licandro et al., 2023, arXiv:2302.07954). ATLAS is a quintuple 0.5-m optical telescope survey system (Hawaii x2, South Africa, Chile, Tenerife) employing three filters, cyan, orange and ‘clear’. In our primary NASA mission for Near-Earth Object discovery, we cover the entire visible night sky every 24 hours to a magnitude depth of m ~ 19.5, weather and Moon permitting. We will report our candidate discoveries in an upcoming GCN. Groot et al. (GCN 42663) report on BlackGEM/MeerLICHT observations of the GW skymap of S251112cm (GCN 42650), and they present two candidate counterparts: AT2025adgp and AT2025adgq. Here, we note that both AT2025adgp and AT2025adgq have historical detections in ATLAS, which precede the GW detection. The public ATLAS data (for these and any other transient) are accessible through the ATLAS Forced Photometry Server (Shingles et al. AstroNote #2021-7). More specifically: AT2025adgp was first detected on MJD 60991.136 (~0.5 days pre-GW) in the c-band with magnitude, m_c = 19.22 +/- 0.25 (AB) mag. AT2025adgq was first detected on MJD 60988.111 (~3.5 days pre-GW) in the o-band with magnitude, m_o = 19.03 +/- 0.18 (AB) mag. Given these pre-detections, we expect that both AT2025adgp and AT2025adgq are young, rising supernovae, unrelated to the GW signal, S251112cm. However, the exact nature of the optical counterpart to a sub-solar-mass compact object merger event is uncertain, and so we cannot rule out that these transient phenomena are related in some way. Further monitoring of these candidate events will occur with ATLAS. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) project is primarily funded to search for Near-Earth asteroids through NASA grants NN12AR55G, 80NSSC18K0284, and 80NSSC18K1575; byproducts of the NEO search include images and catalogs from the survey area. This work was partially funded by Kepler/K2 grant J1944/80NSSC19K0112 and HST GO-15889, and STFC grants ST/T000198/1 and ST/S006109/1. The ATLAS science products have been made possible through the contributions of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, University of Oxford, the Queen's University Belfast, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the South African Astronomical Observatory, and The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS), Chile. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42666. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…
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