[vsnet-grb-info 8571] Swift-BAT Triggers 373776-373778 are not real

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Oct 26 00:42:11 JST 2009


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  10079
SUBJECT: Swift-BAT Triggers 373776-373778 are not real
DATE:    09/10/25 15:42:05 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC)  on behalf of the Swift team:
 
Swift-BAT triggers 373776, 373777, and 373778 are not real.
They are due to false positive detections in image-trigger mode
while the the spacecraft star tracker was in loss-of-lock.

Only five SIMBAD_NED notices were distributed.  None of the other Swift Notices
in the usual sequence were distributed -- they were blocked in GCN.
(I am working on code in GCN to prevent even this limited scenario.)

Please disregard these notices.  We apologize for the inconvenience.


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