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astro-ph.IM2021
The Weizmann Fast Astronomical Survey Telescope (W-FAST): System Overview
Guy Nir, Eran O. Ofek, Sagi Ben-Ami +8
A relatively unexplored phase space of transients and stellar variability is that of second and sub-second time-scales. We describe a new optical observatory operating in the Negev…
astro-ph.HE2021
The GN-z11-Flash Event Can be a Satellite Glint
Guy Nir, Eran O. Ofek, Avishay Gal-Yam
Recently Jiang et al. reported the discovery of a possible short duration transient, detected in a single image, spatially associated with a z~11 galaxy. Jiang et al. and Kahn et a…