[vsnet-grb 5668] Swift-UVOT GCN Notices go Real-Time

[Bacodine]

TO   All GCN Sites
RE   UVOT Goes Public Distribution
DT   25 Aug 05

ACTION ITEM:
If you want to receive Swift-UVOT Notices, and you are not already enabled
for them, then you need to request to have your configuration (see below)
changed.

SWIFT ANNOUNCEMENT HISTORY:
This is the 6th announcement in the series of getting the Swift burst information
into the GCN system; ref:
     5th, 24mar05   http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/admin/gcn_swift5.txt
     4th, 26feb05   http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/admin/gcn_swift4.txt
     3nd, 14feb05   http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/admin/gcn_swift3.txt
     2nd, 21dec04   http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/admin/gcn_swift2.txt
     1st, 06nov04   http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/admin/gcn_swift1.txt

UVOT GOES LIVE:
The UVOT Source_List and Image GCN Notices are now being distributed.
This applies to the 'raw' and 'processed' versions of each.
Up to now  there had been a block on those 4 Notice types, but as of today
they are being distributed to those GCN sites that have them enabled.

NAME CHANGES:
In the past, the names "finding chart" and "dark burst" have been
floating around.  The official GCN names are:
    NEW_NAME              OLD_NAMES
    Source List           Finding Chart = FC
    Image                 Dark Burst = GENIE = Neighbor

RAW and PROCESSED CONTENTS:
Both the Source_List and the Image Notices come in 'raw' and 'processed'
versions.  Raw is the data product as it comes down through TDRSS
from the Swift-UVOT instrument.  They do get converted to FITS, GIF,
JPEG, PDF, and Postscript formats, but no other processing is done to them.
The processed versions have source star done and match-ups to the DSS.
See the websites for details:
http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/swift.html
http://swiftsc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/swift/analysis/suppl_uguide/GCN_mssg_info.html#UVOT

Sincerely,
Scott


Scott Barthelmy                      NASA-GSFC, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD   20771
PHONE:  301-286-3106                 (office)
FAX:    301-286-1684                 (1st choice,  -1682 2nd choice)
EMAIL:  scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov
PAGER:  3013463733 at mmode.com
WEB:    http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn


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