Observation notes (with equipment details), photos, sketches, reviews, software tips, random thoughts, by an amateur astronomer.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
we detected neutron stars merging
A couple of days ago, the LIGO/Virgo gravitational detectors received a pulse of waves produced by a neutron star merger. The event, GW170817, also produced a gamma ray burst and radiation in the visible spectrum. Wow.
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