TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42281
SUBJECT: GRB 251013C: Swift ToO observations
DATE: 25/10/15 05:41:19 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team:
Swift has initiated a ToO observation of the SVOM/ECLAIRs-detected event
GRB 251013C. Automated analysis of the XRT data will be presented online at
https://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00021862
Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be
reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. These are
not necessarily related to the SVOM/ECLAIRs event. Any X-ray source
considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a
GCN Circular after manual consideration.
Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et
al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177 and 2014, ApJS, 210, 8).
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42280
SUBJECT: GRB 251013D: Fermi GBM Observation
DATE: 25/10/15 05:08:37 GMT
FROM: Eva MP <eva.palafox(a)gmail.com>
E. Palafox (INAOE) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"At 18:17:00.39 UT on 13 October 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 251013D (trigger 782072225/251013762).
which was also detected by Swift BAT (J. DeLaunay et al. 2025, GCN 42244).
The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift BAT position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 70 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a single emission episode with a duration (T90)
of about 42 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum
from T0-6.1 to T0+15.4 s is best fit by
a Comptonized function with Epeak = 129 +/- 12 keV,
alpha = -0.9 +/- 0.1.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(4.4 +/- 0.2)E-06 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+4.9 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 0.83 +/- 0.03 ph/s/cm^2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page:
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42279
SUBJECT: GRB 251013C: SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) further multi-band optical observations
DATE: 25/10/15 04:56:43 GMT
FROM: globus(a)astro.unam.mx
Noémie Globus (UNAM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (OCA), Rosa L. Becerra (U Roma), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García-García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Kin Ocelotl López (UNAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM), and Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM) report:
We imaged the field of the SVOM GRB 251013C (Rakotondrainibe et al., GCN Circ. 42222) using the DDRAGO two-channel, wide-field imager on the SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) telescope from 2025-10-15 02:56 to 04:18 UTC (33.27 to 34.64 hours after the trigger), obtaining 32 minutes of exposure in the g filter, 32 minutes in the r filter, and 64 minutes in the z filter.
The images were analyzed with STDWeb/STDPipe (Karpov 2025). The photometry was calibrated using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS DR1 catalog, is in the AB system, and is not corrected for Galactic extinction.
We detected the optical counterpart (Palmerio et al., GCN Circ. 42223; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN Circ. 42225; Konno et al., GCN Circ. 42226; Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN Circ. 42227; Masi et al., GCN Circ. 42228; Palmerio et al., GCN Circ. 42229; Moskvitin et al., GCN Circ. 42230; Gompertz et al., GCN Circ. 42231; Lipunov et al., GCN Circ. 42235; Garnavich et al., GCN Circ. 42240; Watson et al., GCN Circ. 42241; Lopez-Camara et al., GCN Circ. 42242; Zhang et al., GCN Circ. 42248; Brosio et al., GCN Circ. 42251; Reguitti et al., GCN Circ. 42253; Quintana-Ansaldo et al., Circ. GCN 42254; Maksut et al., GCN Circ. 42256; Ghosh et al., GCN Circ. 42261; Quadri et al., GCN Circ. 42262; Adami et al. GCN Circ. 42266; Peretto et al., GCN Circ. 42267; Ruocco et al., GCN Circ. 42269; Calapai, GCN Circ. 42275; and Adami et al. GCN Circ. 42276) with preliminary magnitudes of:
g = 21.59 +/- 0.04
r = 21.29 +/- 0.04
z = 20.93 +/- 0.07
We measure a g-r color of 0.30 +/- 0.06, which is consistent with the color of 0.31 +/- 0.01 at about 2 hours after the trigger reported by Palmerio et al. (GCN Circ. 42229), but significantly different to the color of -0.18 +/- 0.12 at about 28 hours after the trigger reported by Adami et al. (GCN Circ. 42276).
Further observations and analysis are ongoing.
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir and the COLIBRÍ and DDRAGO engineering teams.
COLIBRÍ is an astronomical observatory developed and operated jointly by France (AMU, CNES and CNRS) and Mexico (UNAM and SECIHTI). It is located at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Baja California, Mexico.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42278
SUBJECT: GRB 251014A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
DATE: 25/10/15 01:35:52 GMT
FROM: Rahul Gupta at NASA GSFC <rahul.gupta(a)nasa.gov>
M. J. Moss (GSFC), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA),
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), R. Gupta (GSFC),
H. A. Krimm (NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC),
A. Y. Lien (U Tampa), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC),
D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Parsotan (GSFC),
D. Sadaula (GSFC/UMBC), T. Sakamoto (AGU)
(i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
Using the data set from T-240 to T+962 sec from the recent telemetry downlink,
we report further analysis of BAT GRB 251014A (trigger #1403878)
(Ambrosi, et al., GCN Circ. 42238). The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 111.728, 6.420 deg which is
RA(J2000) = 07h 26m 54.7s
Dec(J2000) = +06d 25' 10.7"
with an uncertainty of 1.3 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 78%.
The BAT mask-weighted light curve shows a single peaked emission with total
duration of less than 2 sec. T90 (15-350 keV) is 1.56 +- 0.24 sec (estimated error
including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.07 to T+1.82 sec is best fit by a power law
with an exponential cutoff. This fit gives a photon index 0.82 +- 0.70,
and Epeak of 47.1 +- 9.2 keV (chi squared 60.50 for 56 d.o.f.). For this
model the total fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 2.3 +- 0.2 x 10^-07 erg/cm2
and the 1-sec peak flux measured from T-0.07 sec in the 15-150 keV band is
2.8 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec. A fit to a simple power law gives a photon index
of 1.90 +- 0.13 (chi squared 69.47 for 57 d.o.f.). All the quoted errors
are at the 90% confidence level.
The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at
https://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/results/batgrbcat/BAT_refined_circular/1403878
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42277
SUBJECT: IceCube-251014A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate track-like event
DATE: 25/10/15 01:31:07 GMT
FROM: Erik Blaufuss at University of Maryland, College Park <blaufuss(a)umd.edu>
The IceCube Collaboration (http://icecube.wisc.edu/) reports:
On 25-10-14 at 18:33:11.58 UT IceCube detected a track-like event with a moderate probability of being of astrophysical origin. The event was selected by the ICECUBE_Astrotrack_BRONZE alert stream. The average astrophysical neutrino purity for Bronze alerts is 30%. This alert has an estimated false alarm rate of 2.226 events per year due to atmospheric backgrounds. The IceCube detector was in a normal operating state at the time of detection.
After the initial automated alert (https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_amon_g_b/141484_75492250.amon), more sophisticated reconstruction algorithms have been applied offline, with the direction refined to:
Date: 25-10-14
Time: 18:33:11.58 UT
RA: 2.81 (+0.48/-0.49 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000
Dec: 2.91 (+0.49/-0.49 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000
We encourage follow-up by ground and space-based instruments to help identify a possible astrophysical source for the candidate neutrino.
No known gamma-ray sources listed in the Fermi 4FGL-DR4 or 3FHL catalogs are located within the 90% uncertainty region of the event.
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a cubic-kilometer neutrino detector operating at the geographic South Pole, Antarctica. The IceCube realtime alert point of contact can be reached at roc(a)icecube.wisc.edu
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42276
SUBJECT: GRB 251013C: OHP/T193 further optical observations and possible color evolution
DATE: 25/10/15 00:11:23 GMT
FROM: Christophe Adami at LAM <christophe.adami(a)lam.fr>
C. Adami (LAM/Pytheas/AMU), B. Schneider (LAM), E. Le Floc'h (CEA/Irfu), N.A. Rakotondrainibe (LAM), V. Buat (LAM/Pytheas/AMU), S. Basa (Pytheas/OHP/LAM), M. Dennefeld (IAP) report on behalf of the MISTRAL GRB collaboration:
We carried out further observations of the GRB 251013C optical and NIR afterglow (Palmerio et al., GCN 42223 ; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 42225 ; Konno et al., GCN 42226 ; Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 42227 ; Masi et al., GCN 42228 ; Palmerio et al., GCN 42229 ; Moskvitin et al., GCN 42230 ; Gompertz et al., GCN 42231 ; Lipunov et al., GCN 42235 ; Garnavich, GCN42240; Watson et al., GCN 42241 ; Lopez-Camara et al., GCN 42242 ; Zhang et al., GCN 42248; Brosio et al., GCN 42251; Reguitti et al., GCN 42253 ; Quintana-Ansaldo et al., GCN 42254; Maksut et al., GCN 42256; Ghosh et al., GCN 42261 ; Quadri et al., GCN 42262 ; Adami et al. GCN 42266 ; Peretto et al., GCN 42267 ; Ruocco et al., GCN 42269 ; Calapai, GCN 42275) using the T193cm telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France) equipped with the MISTRAL spectro-imager. We obtained 3 exposures of 10min followed by 1 exposure of 5min in the r-band, corresponding to T-T0 = 27.89 hr (mid-time). In addition, we obtained 2 exposures of 10min followed by 1 exposure of 15min in the g-band, corresponding to T-T0 = 28.71 hr (mid-time).
The afterglow is well detected in the two bands and we measured the following preliminary magnitudes:
g’ = 21.11 +/- 0.10 mag (AB)
r’ = 21.29 +/- 0.07 mag (AB)
This may suggest a color evolution compared to e.g. previous g-r values reported by Palmerio et al. (GCN 42229): 0.31 +/- 0.01 at T-T0 ~ 2.05 hr. In comparison, our preliminary values seem to indicate g’-r’ = -0.18 +/- 0.12 at T-T0 ~ 28.3 hr.
The photometric calibration was performed using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS catalog and the magnitudes are not corrected for Galactic extinction. We used the STDWeb/STDPipe tools (Karpov 2025).
We acknowledge the excellent support from the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and in particular Jean Balcaen and the SOPHIE observers J.B. Salomon and J.L. Halbwachs
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42274
SUBJECT: GRB 251014D: Swift detection of a burst
DATE: 25/10/14 22:50:35 GMT
FROM: Simone Dichiara at Pennsylvania State University <sbd5667(a)psu.edu>
N. J. Klingler (GSFC/UMBC/CRESSTII), S. Dichiara (PSU),
R. Gupta (NASA GSFC), N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), A. Mei (INAF-OAB),
C. Salvaggio (INAF-OAB) and T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of
the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 21:54:40.55 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 251014D (trigger=1404126). Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 323.918, -41.839 which is
RA(J2000) = 21h 35m 40s
Dec(J2000) = -41d 50' 20"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve is not available because of a
telemetry gap; however, the rate significance of 8.71 indicates that the
event is likely real.
The XRT began observing the field at 21:57:16.2 UT, 155.7 seconds
after the BAT trigger. No source was detected in the 2.5-s promptly
available image. We are waiting for the full dataset to detect and
localise the XRT counterpart.
The UVOT source list for the first white image shows no detection of a
new source. Typical upper limits are 17th magnitude. Further details
will become available when the full data are downloaded.
Burst Advocate for this burst is N. J. Klingler (noelklin AT umbc.edu).
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information
regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after
trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see
Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/)
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42273
SUBJECT: GRB 251014A: PRIME near-infrared upper limits
DATE: 25/10/14 22:47:00 GMT
FROM: Joe Durbak at UMD <gcn.joedurbak(a)gmail.com>
J. Durbak (UMD), O. Guiffreda (UMD), N. Passaleva (U Rome), M. Elkabir (U Rome), A. S. Kutyrev (NASA/GSFC), E. Troja (U Rome), S. B. Cenko (NASA/GSFC)
Following the Swift BAT (Ambrosi et al, GCN 42238) and Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN 42237) detection, we observed the transient field in J-filter with PRIME ~1 hour after Swift and Fermi detection.
After comparing a previous J-band epoch observed in this location on 2024-11-17, we detect no new sources in J-band within the Swift BAT localization region. Using nearby 2MASS stars for preliminary calibration we derive a limiting magnitude >19.7 AB for the previous epoch, not corrected for Galactic extinction.
Further observations are planned to obtain deeper imaging.
PRIME is a 1.8m telescope with 1.56 square degree FOV (0.5 arcsec/pixel) located in Sutherland, South Africa at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) (Kutyrev et al. 2023, Yama et al. 2023, Durbak et al. 2024).
We thank the Osaka University observers at PRIME and the staff at SAAO for their support with these observations.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42273
SUBJECT: GRB 251014A: PRIME near-infrared upper limits
DATE: 25/10/14 22:47:00 GMT
FROM: Joe Durbak at UMD <gcn.joedurbak(a)gmail.com>
J. Durbak (UMD), O. Guiffreda (UMD), N. Passaleva (U Rome), M. Elkabir (U Rome), A. S. Kutyrev (NASA/GSFC), E. Troja (U Rome), S. B. Cenko (NASA/GSFC)
Following the Swift BAT (Ambrosi et al, GCN 42238) and Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN 42237) detection, we observed the transient field in J-filter with PRIME ~1 hour after Swift and Fermi detection.
After comparing a previous J-band epoch observed in this location on 2024-11-17, we detect no new sources in J-band within the Swift BAT localization region. Using nearby 2MASS stars for preliminary calibration we derive a limiting magnitude >19.7 AB for the previous epoch, not corrected for Galactic extinction.
Further observations are planned to obtain deeper imaging.
PRIME is a 1.8m telescope with 1.56 square degree FOV (0.5 arcsec/pixel) located in Sutherland, South Africa at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) (Kutyrev et al. 2023, Yama et al. 2023, Durbak et al. 2024).
We thank the Osaka University observers at PRIME and the staff at SAAO for their support with these observations.
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