[vsnet-grb-info 19367] Trigger 751928: Swift misidentification of Cen X-3

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  21077
SUBJECT: Trigger 751928: Swift misidentification of Cen X-3
DATE:    17/05/08 12:50:52 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <scott at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>

S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), A. A. Breeveld (UCL-MSSL),
J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC), S. W. K Emery (UCL-MSSL),
N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and
B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team:

At 12:23:00 UT, due to a known race condition in the 
Swift/BAT software, BAT  misidentified Cen X-3 as 
a different source (Trigger 751928). 
Cen X-3 was at its typical flux level. 

This is not an interesting astrophysical event.