[vsnet-grb-info 18651] Swift Trigger 718766 is not an astrophysical event.

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Oct 23 06:26:03 JST 2016


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  20099
SUBJECT: Swift Trigger 718766 is not an astrophysical event. 
DATE:    16/10/22 21:25:27 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <scott at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>

S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), D. Malesani (DARK/NBI and DTU Space),
D. M. Palmer (LANL) and T. N. Ukwatta (LANL) report on behalf of the
Swift Team:

At 20:45:34 UT, due to a known race condition in the 
Swift/BAT software, BAT  misidentified 4U 1700-377 as 
an unknown transient (Trigger 718766). 

This is not an astrophysical event. 



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