TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40858
SUBJECT: GRB 250628A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits
DATE: 25/06/28 12:44:42 GMT
FROM: Paul Kuin at MSSL <npkuin(a)gmail.com>
Paul Kuin (MSSL/UCL) and M Ferro (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of
the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of
GRB 250628A 130 s after the BAT trigger (Ferro et al.,
GCN Circ. 40853).
No optical afterglow consistent with the enhanced XRT position
(Evans et al. GCN Circ. 40854) is detected in the initial UVOT
exposures.
Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system
(Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first
finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are:
Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag
white_FC 130 280 147 >20.8
u_FC 342 591 246 >19.3
white 130 641 167 >20.8
v 671 691 19 >17.8
b 597 617 19 >18.5
u 342 591 246 >19.3
w1 720 740 19 >18.2
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction
due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.023 in the direction of the burst
(Schlegel et al. 1998).
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40857
SUBJECT: GRB 250628A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/06/28 10:41:22 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), M. Perri
(SSDC & INAF-OAR), V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), B. Sbarufatti
(INAF-OAB), J.A. Kennea (PSU), D.N. Burrows (PSU), M.A. Williams (PSU)
and P.A. Evans report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 8.2 ks of XRT data for GRB 250628A, from 127 s to 27.6
ks after the trigger. The data comprise 47 s in Windowed Timing (WT)
mode with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode.
The light curve can be modelled with a series of power-law decays. The
initial decay index is alpha=5.0 (+0.6, -0.5). At T+358 s the decay
flattens to an alpha of -0.01 (+0.11, -0.13) before breaking again at
T+14.4 ks to a final decay with index alpha=2.6 (+/-0.6).
A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.92 (+0.17, -0.16). The
best-fitting absorption column is 3.2 (+0.8, -0.7) x 10^21 cm^-2, in
excess of the Galactic value of 2.3 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 4.0 x 10^-11 (5.8 x 10^-11) erg
cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 3.2 (+0.8, -0.7) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 2.3 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: 6.8 sigma
Photon index: 1.92 (+0.17, -0.16)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
2.6, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 1.6 x 10^-3 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 6.5 x
10^-14 (9.3 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/01328546.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40855
SUBJECT: Swift GRB 250628A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/06/28 05:58:35 GMT
FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov(a)xray.sai.msu.ru>
V.Lipunov, E.Gorbovskoy, A.Kuznetsov, K.Zhirkov, I.Panchenko, N.Tiurina, P.Balanutsa, V.Topolev, D.Vlasenko,
G.Antipov, A.Sankovich, Yu.Tselik, Ya.Kechin, V.Senik, A.Chasovnikov, K.Labsina, I. Gorbunov (Lomonosov MSU),
O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU),
C.Francile, F. Podesta, R.Podesta, E. Gonzalez (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA),
A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory),
A.Sosnovskij (CrAO),
A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity),
D.Buckley (SAAO),
R.Rebolo (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias),
L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez, J.Martinez,
A.R.Corella, L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Observatory)
MASTER-OAFA robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Argentina (OAFA observatory of San Juan National University) was pointed to the Swift GRB 250628A ( M. Ferro et al., GCN 40853) errorbox 17683 sec after notice time and 17722 sec after trigger time at 2025-06-28 05:51:18 UT, with upper limit up to 16.0 mag. The observations began at zenith distance = 81 deg. The sun altitude is -72.0 deg.
The galactic latitude b = -66 deg., longitude l = 246 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2918453
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Site |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____|_______|______|________
17812 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 16.0 |
Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band.
The observation and reduction will continue.
The message may be cited.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40854
SUBJECT: GRB 250628A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE: 25/06/28 04:48:11 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 1647 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 4 UVOT
images for GRB 250628A, 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 = 38.55311, -38.07894 which is equivalent
to:
RA (J2000): 02h 34m 12.75s
Dec (J2000): -38d 04' 44.2"
with an uncertainty of 2.4 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.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40853
SUBJECT: GRB 250628A: Swift detection of a burst
DATE: 25/06/28 01:13:26 GMT
FROM: James DeLaunay at PSU <jjd330(a)psu.edu>
M. Ferro (INAF-OAB), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), J. J. DeLaunay (PSU),
R. Gupta (NASA GSFC) and D. M. Palmer (LANL) report on behalf of the
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 00:55:56.71 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 250628A (trigger=1328546). Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 38.551, -38.081 which is
RA(J2000) = 02h 34m 12s
Dec(J2000) = -38d 04' 50"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed two emission pulses with
the first brighter pulse starting from T0-20 sec to T0+20 sec and
the second fainter pulse from T0+25 end T0+60 sec. The peak count rate
was ~1066 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger.
The XRT began observing the field at 00:57:57.7 UT, 121.1 seconds after
the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright,
uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 38.55240,
-38.07909 which is equivalent to:
RA(J2000) = 02h 34m 12.58s
Dec(J2000) = -38d 04' 44.7"
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 7.9 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the
BAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are
received; the latest position is available at
https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. We cannot determine whether the source
is fading at the present time.
A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event
data gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (2.30 x
10^20 cm^-2, Willingale et al. 2013), with an excess column of 4.1
(+4.01/-3.17) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence).
The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 9.47e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10
keV).
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 129 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has
been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of
the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag.
The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the
XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No
correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of
0.023.
Burst Advocate for this burst is M. Ferro (matteo.ferro AT inaf.it).
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: 40852
SUBJECT: GRB 250625A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
DATE: 25/06/27 23:16:03 GMT
FROM: Amy <yarleen(a)gmail.com>
A. Y. Lien (U Tampa), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), M. Ferro (INAF-OAB), R. Gupta
(GSFC), H. A. Krimm (NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), M.
J. Moss (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-239 to T+100 sec from the recent telemetry
downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 250625A (trigger #1327910)
(Ferro et al., GCN Circ. 40825). The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 261.517, 22.245 deg which is
RA(J2000) = 17h 26m 04.1s
Dec(J2000) = +22d 14' 40.7"
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 68%.
The mask-weighted light curve shows a single-pulse structure that starts at
~T0, peaks at ~T+2 s, and ends at ~T+6 s. T90 (15-350 keV) is 4.00 +- 1.41
sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.35 to T+3.65 sec is best fit by a
simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum
is 1.00 +- 0.22. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 2.8 +- 0.4 x 10^-07
erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+1.65 sec in the 15-150
keV band is 0.8 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec. 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/1327910
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40851
SUBJECT: GRB 250625A: Leavitt Observatory afterglow detection
DATE: 25/06/27 19:20:11 GMT
FROM: leavittob(a)gmail.com
L. Moretti, E. Pavoni (Leavitt Observatory, Italy)
Members of:
GRB/UAI - Gamma Ray Burst Section of Unione Astrofili Italiani
ATA - Associazione Tuscolana di Astronomia
In a large collaboration with:
M.G. Dainotti (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Y. Niino (Tokyo University, Institute of Astronomy), K. Kalinowski (Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy), report:
We imaged the field of GRB 250625A, which was detected by Swift-BA (Ferro et al., GCN 40825) and Fermi-GBM (GCN 40824) with our RC telescope (D=250 mm, F/D=8) of Leavitt Observatory.
The observations began approximately 4.6 hours after the trigger, with good weather conditions, stacking a series of 12 exposures of 120 seconds each. All images are unfiltered and were processed by a single data processing pipeline based on astropy package (Astropy Collaboration et al., 2022ApJ...935..167A).
In the stacked frame, we detected a very faint object at the following position:
R.A. (J2000) = 17:26:01.92
Dec. (J2000) = +22:16:04.31
with the following photometry:
Date UT at mid-exposure Filter Mag. Err.
2025-06-25 20:58:29 UTC CR 21.4 +/-0.2
CR magnitude is unfiltered with R zero point.
Magnitudes were estimated with the Pan-STARRS cat. and are derived using Lupton (2005) equations. Not corrected for galactic dust extinction.
This measure is consistent with the optical afterglow reported by Moskvitin et al. (GCN 40828), Xin et al. (GCN 40830), Zhu et al. (GCN 40834), Fortin et al. (GCN 40837), Adami et al. (GCN 40838), Brosio et al. (GCN 40839), Wang et al. (GCN 40841), Ruocco et al. (GCN 40843), de Ugarte Postigo et al. (GCN 40846).
The message may be cited.
Reference:
https://leavittobservatory.altervista.org
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40850
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 772732642/250627665 is not a GRB
DATE: 25/06/27 17:30:12 GMT
FROM: Lorenzo Scotton at UAH <lscottongcn(a)outlook.com>
L. Scotton (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 772732642/250627665 at 15:57:17.97 UT
on 27 June 2025, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. This trigger is likely due to local particles."
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40849
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 772720540/250627525 is not a GRB
DATE: 25/06/27 13:51:38 GMT
FROM: Marianna Dafčíková at Masaryk University <500025(a)mail.muni.cz>
M. Dafcikova (MUNI) reports on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 772720540/250627525 at 12:35:35.78 UT
on 27 June 2025, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. This trigger is likely due to SAA entry."
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