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Description
The Euclid mission, though primarily designed for cosmology, offers wide-field, high-resolution, deep, multi-wavelength imaging that makes it a powerful asset for time-domain astronomy.
While its observing strategy is not optimized for transient searches, several fields are revisited multiple times over the mission lifetime.
In these regions, difference imaging enables the discovery of thousands of transients, creating valuable opportunities for studying time-variable phenomena and fostering strong synergies with upcoming surveys such as the Vera Rubin Observatory with LSST, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
In this talk, we will present preliminary results from a pilot key project in the Self-Calibration field, using both optical and NIR data obtained during the first three years of observations.
This project highlights Euclid’s capability to detect and characterize transients and serves as a stepping stone toward the transient program planned for the Euclid Deep Fields, in coordination with Rubin LSST and Roman.