[vsnet-grb-info 15476] GRB 140903A: Confirmed Swift detection of a short burst

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  16765
SUBJECT: GRB 140903A: Confirmed Swift detection of a short burst
DATE:    14/09/03 17:32:26 GMT
FROM:    Jay R. Cummings at NASA/GSFC/Swift  <james.r.cummings at nasa.gov>

J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC) reports on behalf of the Swift Team:

At 15:00:30 UT, BAT triggered on GRB 140903A.  The onboard BAT localization
was at RA, dec = 238.036, +27.578, which is

RA (J2000)   15h 52m 08.6s 	 	
Dec (J2000)  +27d 34' 41"

with an estimated 90% uncertainty radius of 3 arcmin.

The BAT lightcurve shows a single peak about 0.45 seconds long.