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[vsnet-grb-info 38266] GRB 250419a: Continued Liverpool Telescope observations
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40239 SUBJECT: GRB 250419a: Continued Liverpool Telescope observations DATE: 25/04/24 16:42:10 GMT FROM: A. Bochenek at Liverpool John Moores University <a.m.bochenek(a)2023.ljmu.ac.uk> A. Bochenek and D. A. Perley (LJMU) report: We have been regularly observing the optical afterglow of SVOM-detected GRB250419a (Wang et al., GCN 40168, Brunet et al. GCN 40234), first reported by López et al. (GCN 40169) and Xin et al. (GCN 40170), using the IO:O optical camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope in the SDSS r and i filters. Observations began on 2025-04-19 (Perley & Bochenek, GCN 40181) and have continued nightly since. The most recent set of observations was a set of 8x100s exposures starting at 2025-04-23 21:52:15 UT, approximately 4.86 days after the trigger. We report a detection, given below, in both bands. MJD (mid) T_mid-T_0 Filter Mag. (AB) 60788.97067 4.86 d r 23.20 ± 0.27 60788.98199 4.87 d i 22.91 ± 0.22 The photometry was calibrated using nearby PanSTARRS secondary standards and was not corrected for extinction. The magnitudes are consistent with the upper limit from earlier in the night reported by Gompertz et al. (GCN 40238). The source is currently fading rapidly: a fit to our observations taken 2 days and later after the trigger gives a power-law decay index of approximately -2.1, consistent with a post-jet-break evolution. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40239. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38265] GRB 250419A: Liverpool Telescope optical upper limit
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40238 SUBJECT: GRB 250419A: Liverpool Telescope optical upper limit DATE: 25/04/24 15:05:29 GMT FROM: Dimple at University of Birmingham <dimplepanchal96(a)gmail.com> Dimple and B. P. Gompertz (U. Birmingham) report: We conducted follow-up observations of GRB 250419A (Wang et al., GCN 40168) with the IO:O camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope (LT). Observations began at 21:52:15.745 UT on 2025-04-23 and consisted of 5x120 s exposures in each of the SDSS g and r filters. We do not detect the optical afterglow (López et al., GCN 40169; Xin et al., GCN 40170; Zheng et al., GCN 40171; Kumar et al., GCN 40172; Thakur et al., GCN 40174; Lipunov et al., GCN 40179; Odeh et al., GCN 40180; Perley & Bochenek, GCN 40181; Pankov et al., GCN 40182; Pérez-Fournon et al., GCN 40183; Kuin et al., GCN 40185; Wu et al., GCN 40186; Xie et al., GCN 40187; Jiang et al., GCN 40188; Ghosh et al., GCN 40189; Bochenek & Perley, GCN 40190; Pankov et al., GCN 40202; Masi, GCN 40206; Calapai, GCN 40209) to 3-sigma limiting AB magnitudes of g > 22.42 and r >22.45, at a mid-time of 4.82 days after trigger. Observations were calibrated against nearby Pan-STARRS stars and are not corrected for foreground extinction. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40238. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38264] GRB 250407A: GRBAlpha detection
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40237 SUBJECT: GRB 250407A: GRBAlpha detection DATE: 25/04/24 15:03:43 GMT FROM: Marianna Dafčíková at Masaryk University <500025(a)mail.muni.cz> M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno, H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), N. Husarikova, F. Munz , M. Topinka, M. Duriskova, M. Kolar, L. Szakszonova, J.-P. Breuer, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac (Brno U. of Technology), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix s.r.o), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U. of Kosice), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), Y. Uchida, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Bozoki (Eotvos U.), G. Dalya (Eotvos U.), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), G. Friss (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), K. Kapas (Eotvos U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), J. Takatsy (Eotvos U.), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropolitan U.), M. Moritaki (U. Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the GRBAlpha collaboration. The long-duration GRB 250407A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 40104; SVOM/GRM detection: GCN 40120; Wind/Konus detection: GCN 40121) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. 2023, A&A, 677, 40; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A%26A...677A..40P/abstract) The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2025-04-07 15:48:21.6 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 2.0 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 42 sigma. We note that GRBAlpha was passing through the van Allen radiation belt at the time of this burst and thus experienced a higher background. The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB250407A_GCN.pdf All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/ GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40237. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38263] GRB 250404A / EP250404a: GRBAlpha detection
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40236 SUBJECT: GRB 250404A / EP250404a: GRBAlpha detection DATE: 25/04/24 15:03:18 GMT FROM: Marianna Dafčíková at Masaryk University <500025(a)mail.muni.cz> M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno, H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), N. Husarikova, F. Munz , M. Topinka, M. Duriskova, M. Kolar, L. Szakszonova, J.-P. Breuer, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac (Brno U. of Technology), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix s.r.o), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U. of Kosice), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), Y. Uchida, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Bozoki (Eotvos U.), G. Dalya (Eotvos U.), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), G. Friss (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), K. Kapas (Eotvos U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), J. Takatsy (Eotvos U.), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropolitan U.), M. Moritaki (U. Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the GRBAlpha collaboration. The long-duration GRB 250404A / EP250404a (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 40050; EP/WXT detection: GCN 40051; Wind/Konus detection: GCN 40087) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. 2023, A&A, 677, 40; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A%26A...677A..40P/abstract) The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2025-04-04 14:20:37.4 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 67 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 19 sigma. The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB250404A_GCN.pdf All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/ GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40236. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38262] GRB 250330B: GRBAlpha detection
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40235 SUBJECT: GRB 250330B: GRBAlpha detection DATE: 25/04/24 14:56:21 GMT FROM: Jakub Ripa <ripa.jakub(a)gmail.com> J. Ripa, M. Dafcikova (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno, H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), N. Husarikova, F. Munz, M. Topinka, M. Duriskova, M. Kolar, L. Szakszonova, J.-P. Breuer, F. Hroch (Masaryk U.), T. Urbanec, M. Kasal, A. Povalac (Brno U. of Technology), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo, M. Koleda (Needronix s.r.o), M. Smelko, P. Hanak, P. Lipovsky (Technical U. of Kosice), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), Y. Uchida, H. Poon, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Bozoki (Eotvos U.), G. Dalya (Eotvos U.), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), G. Friss (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), K. Kapas (Eotvos U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), J. Takatsy (Eotvos U.), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), N. Kogiso, M. Yoneyama (Osaka Metropolitan U.), M. Moritaki (U. Tokyo), T. Kano (U. Michigan) -- the GRBAlpha collaboration. The short-duration GRB 250330B (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 39951; EIRSAT-1/GMOD detection: GCN 39989; SVOM/GRM detection: GCN 39993; Wind/Konus detection trigger at 2025-03-30 21:52:22.793 UTC) was observed by the GRBAlpha 1U CubeSat (Pal et al. 2023, A&A, 677, 40; https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A%26A...677A..40P/abstract) The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2025-03-30 21:52:21.7 UTC. The T90 duration measured by GRBAlpha is 1.0 s and the overall significance during T90 reaches 6.8 sigma. The light curve obtained by GRBAlpha is available here: https://grbalpha.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB250330B_GCN.pdf All GRBAlpha detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/GRBAlpha/ GRBAlpha, launched on 2021 March 22, is a demonstration mission for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). The detector of GRBAlpha consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~50 keV to ~1000 keV. To increase the duty cycle and the downlink rate, the upgrade of the on-board data acquisition software stack is in progress. The ground segment is also supported by the radio amateur community and it takes advantage of the SatNOGS network for increased data downlink volume. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40235. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38261] GRB 250419A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40234 SUBJECT: GRB 250419A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis DATE: 25/04/24 14:12:58 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> M. Brunet (IRAP), M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB, LUPM), A. Coleiro, F. Cangemi (APC), O. Godet (IRAP), W. J. Xie, D. H. ZHAO (NAO, CAS), B.-T. Wang (YNAO, CAS), Y. H. Cheng (SWIFAR,YNU) Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of ECLAIRs observations of GRB 250419A (SVOM burst-id sb25041901). The burst that triggered ECLAIRs onboard (GCN 40168) consists of a single pulse with a duration of T90 = 11.44 -2.58/+2.85 s in the 5-8 keV energy band. However, the full dataset shows another pulse with a duration of ~15 s at ~Tb-120 s. No counts are detected above 12 keV for the first pulse and above 10 keV for the second one, making this event very soft. The time-averaged spectrum of the first pulse (from Tb-118s to Tb-102s) in the energy range 4-12 keV is best fit by a simple power-law model with a photon index 3.01 -0.69/+0.80. The time-averaged spectrum of the second pulse (from Tb to Tb+20s) in the energy range 4-10 keV is best fit by a simple power-law model with a photon index 3.02 -0.53/+0.56. The total fluence in the 4-10 keV band is (1.41 -0.37/+0.03) e-7 erg/cm^2. In both time intervals, a black-body model (zbb model in Xspec with z = 0.845, GCN 40174) provides an adequate fit to the data. The first pulse has a temperature of 2.44 -0.54/+0.64 keV, and the second one a temperature of 2.28 - 0.31/+0.38 keV. In that case, the total fluence is (1.38 0.10/+0.06) e-7 erg/cm^2. All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level. The spectral fits suggest that the Epeak of this burst is below the ECLAIRs energy range, i.e. <4 keV. Therefore this burst could be classified as an X-Ray Flash (XRF). The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40234. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38260] GRB 250424A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40233 SUBJECT: GRB 250424A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis DATE: 25/04/24 13:59:17 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk> C. Salvaggio (INAF-OAB), M. Ferro (INAF-OAB), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), J.A. Kennea (PSU), D.N. Burrows (PSU), M. A. Williams (PSU), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester) and P.A. Evans report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: We have analysed 6.9 ks of XRT data for GRB 250424A, from 259 s to 18.9 ks after the BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The light curve can be modelled with a series of power-law decays. The initial decay index is alpha=0.20 (+0.12, -0.13). At T+2382 s the decay steepens to an alpha of 0.53 (+0.16, -0.11) before breaking again at T+17.4 ks to a final decay with index alpha=4.5 (+3.5, -2.8). A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.05 (+/-0.11). The best-fitting absorption column is 1.04 (+0.11, -0.10) x 10^22 cm^-2, in excess of the Galactic value of 6.4 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 4.9 x 10^-11 (9.6 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus: Total column: 1.04 (+0.11, -0.10) x 10^22 cm^-2 Galactic foreground: 6.4 x 10^20 cm^-2 Excess significance: 15.7 sigma Photon index: 2.05 (+/-0.11) If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 4.5, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 5.3 x 10^-4 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 2.6 x 10^-14 (5.1 x 10^-14) erg cm^-2 s^-1. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01306404. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40233. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38259] GRB 250424A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40232 SUBJECT: GRB 250424A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 25/04/24 12:21:10 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk> P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne and A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 3429 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 5 UVOT images for GRB 250424A, we find an astrometrically corrected X-ray position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 217.49920, -35.02504 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 14h 29m 59.81s Dec (J2000): -35d 01' 30.2" with an uncertainty of 2.1 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). This position may be improved as more data are received. The latest position can be viewed at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions. Position enhancement is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177). This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40232. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38258] GRB 250424A: AstroSat CZTI detection of a bright long burst
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40231 SUBJECT: GRB 250424A: AstroSat CZTI detection of a bright long burst DATE: 25/04/24 11:37:06 GMT FROM: Gaurav Waratkar at IIT Bombay <gauravwaratkar(a)iitb.ac.in> Harsha K. H. (IUCAA), M. Tembhurnikar (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IITB), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration: Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the ML pipeline (Abraham et al., 2021, MNRAS, 504, 3084) and the CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a bright long-duration GRB 250424A which was also detected by Swift/BAT (Cenko et. al., GCN Circ. 40224), and Calet/CGBM (Trigger No. 1429512582). The source was clearly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-04-24 06:52:13.50 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 332.3 (+35.7 -27.5) counts/s above the background in the combined data of two quadrants (out of four), with a total of 2298 (+184 -190) counts. The local mean background count rate was 157.4 (+2.7 -3.0) counts/s. Using cumulative rates, we measure a T90 of 9.2 (+1.5 -1.0) s. In the preliminary analysis, we find 665 Compton events associated with this event. The source was also clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-04-24 06:52:12.48 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 1364 (+88, -94) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 8511 (+491, -536) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1507 (+7, -8) counts/s. We measure a T90 of 14 (+1, -3) s from the cumulative Veto light curve. CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project. CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at: http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40231. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38257] GRB 250424A: COLIBRÍ Detection of a Bright Optical Counterpart
by GCN Circulars 24 Apr '25

24 Apr '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40230 SUBJECT: GRB 250424A: COLIBRÍ Detection of a Bright Optical Counterpart DATE: 25/04/24 10:48:17 GMT FROM: J.-G. Ducoin at CPPM <ducoin(a)cppm.in2p3.fr> Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Dalya Akl (AUS), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Sarah Antier (OCA/IJCLAB), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Rosa L. Becerra (U Roma), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Kin Ocelotl López (UNAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM) and Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM) report: We imaged the field of Swift/BAT GRB 250424A (Cenko et al., GCN Circ. 40224) with the DDRAGO wide-field imager on the COLIBRÍ telescope at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir in Mexico. We started observing at 2025-04-24T08:39:07 UTC (1.78h after the trigger). The data were coadded with the COLIBRÍ pipeline and analyzed in STDWeb/STDPipe (Karpov 2025), with photometric calibration against SkyMapper DR4. Our photometry is in the AB system and is not corrected for Galactic extinction. In our first 780 seconds of exposure, At the position of the optical counterpart (Francile et al. GCN Circ. 40222; Cenko et al. GCN Circ. 40224; Brivio et al. GCN Circ. 40225; Becerra et al. GCN Circ. 40226; Saccardi et al. GCN Circ. 40228; de Wet et al. GCN Circ. 40229), we detect a source with i = 18.93 +/- 0.05 Further observations and analysis are ongoing. We warmly thank the COLIBRÍ and DDRAGO engineering teams and the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40230. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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