[vsnet-grb-info 15551] Swift Trigger 613516 is not an astrophysical event

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Sep 24 10:47:28 JST 2014


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  16840
SUBJECT: Swift Trigger 613516 is not an astrophysical event
DATE:    14/09/24 01:47:19 GMT
FROM:    David Palmer at LANL  <palmer at lanl.gov>

M. M. Chester (PSU) and D. M. Palmer (LANL) report on behalf of the
Swift Team:

At 01:39:55 UT, a temporary loss of star tracker lock
caused the misidentification of Vela X-1 as an unknown
source (trigger 613516). 

This event is not astrophysically significant. 


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