A Search for Radio Transients at 0.33 GHz in the GC

We report on a search for transient and variable radio sources in the Galactic center using a number of 327 MHz VLA observations made during the 1990's, and a series of monthly VLA observations made during Spring and Summer 2002. A typical yield of compact sources in a given epoch is roughly 200. We have detected one new bright radio transient, GCRT J1746–2757, located only 1.1 degrees north of the Galactic center. We discuss our on-going transient monitoring program and the implications of this work for constraining the Galactic center population of transients.