Data product
Sky Localization Map
The probability map of where a gravitational-wave source lies on the sky, released with each alert. Rather than a single point it is a spread of probability — often a long banana-shaped arc — that observers use to plan which patches of sky to search first.
Detectors, messengers & sources
Across multi-messenger astronomy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withLocalization
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Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- LIGO Scientific CollaborationLIGO Scientific Collaboration & Virgo Collaboration
Direct detections of gravitational waves from compact-object mergers.