Gravitational waves from NGC 4993
Posted: 17.10.2017, 10:56
I may create an addon to show the source located in NGC 4993 :
Suggestions ?
Original scientific paper : https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.05833.pdf
Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW170817
More to follow...
Added after 3 hours 53 minutes:
I'm currently unable to find the exact coordinates of the source located in NGC 4993, that was seen in the optical band. Surely that could be found somewhere.
Added after 5 minutes 35 seconds:
This event is a major landmark, and it could be important to show it in Celestia. It's the first neutron stars collision that have been identified, combined with gravitational waves detected with both LIGO and Virgo, and there's also an electromagnetic signal associated to the event, on the whole electromagnetic spectrum. This is the real start of multi-messenger astronomy ! It's only missing (?) the neutrinos ! Thus, this event is well worth showing in Celestia !
Suggestions ?
Original scientific paper : https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.05833.pdf
Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW170817
More to follow...
Added after 3 hours 53 minutes:
I'm currently unable to find the exact coordinates of the source located in NGC 4993, that was seen in the optical band. Surely that could be found somewhere.
Added after 5 minutes 35 seconds:
This event is a major landmark, and it could be important to show it in Celestia. It's the first neutron stars collision that have been identified, combined with gravitational waves detected with both LIGO and Virgo, and there's also an electromagnetic signal associated to the event, on the whole electromagnetic spectrum. This is the real start of multi-messenger astronomy ! It's only missing (?) the neutrinos ! Thus, this event is well worth showing in Celestia !