TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  20512
SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo G270580:  Pan-STARRS coverage and bright, rising transient PS17yt
DATE:    17/01/24 12:37:51 GMT
FROM:    S. J. Smartt at Queens U Belfast  <s.smartt@qub.ac.uk>

K. C. Chambers (IfA), K. W. Smith, D. R. Young, S. J. Smartt, (QUB)
J. Tonry, L. Denneau, A. Heinze, B. Stalder, H. Weiland (IfA), 
C. W. Stubbs (Harvard), (QUB), , A. Rest (STScI), 
T.-W. Chen (MPE), M. Coughlin (Harvard), M. E. Huber (IfA),
D. E. Wright (QUB), H. Flewelling, E. A. Magnier, A. S. B. Schultz,
C. Waters, R. J. Wainscoat (IfA)

The Pan-STARRS coverage plot has been loaded up to GraceDB. 
A full list of transients will follow soon, however we highlight the following 
rapidly rising transient for which spectroscopic follow-up is recommended. 

PS17yt  10:03:57.96 +49:02:28.3 (J2000)

MJD                    i      i_err
57776.4589778 19.16 0.06
57775.6452663 19.54 0.09
57774.4694054 19.71 0.03

It is 12.7 arcsec  from the galaxy SDSS J100358.86+490219.3, at a redshift of z=0.067, 
mu = 37.4, M_i ~  -18.2  (16 kpc projected distance).