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Loading contentWorking out where on the sky a gravitational-wave source lies, from the tiny differences in when and how strongly each detector in the network registers the wave. With only two or three detectors the region can be huge — hundreds of square degrees — which is what makes the counterpart search so hard.
Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.