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GCN Circular 26254

Subject
LIGO/Virgo S191117j: Retraction of GW compact binary merger candidate
Event
LIGO/Virgo S191117j
Date
2019-11-17T06:24:49Z (6 years ago)
From
Leo Singer at GSFC <leo.p.singer@nasa.gov>
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration report:

The trigger S191117j is no longer considered to be a gravitational wave
signal. It was caused by a noise glitch in L1.
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