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[vsnet-grb-info 38838] The EP-WXT trigger 01709179071 is likely a flaring star
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40797 SUBJECT: The EP-WXT trigger 01709179071 is likely a flaring star DATE: 25/06/20 20:59:28 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> X. Mao, Y. J. Song, T. Zhao, Z. X. Ling (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: The EP-WXT trigger 01709179071 at the time of 2025-06-20T19:46:46, is likely a stellar flare associated with 2MASS J21370885-6036054. The estimated flux of the flare is around 1e-10 erg/s/cm^2 in 0.5-4.0 keV, corresponding to an X-ray luminosity of around 2.4e31 erg/s. Launched on January 9, 2024, EP is a space X-ray observatory to monitor the soft X-ray sky with X-ray follow-up capability (Yuan et al. 2022, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40797. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38837] GRB 250620A: Swift/BAT-GUANO subthreshold detection of a possibly short burst
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40796 SUBJECT: GRB 250620A: Swift/BAT-GUANO subthreshold detection of a possibly short burst DATE: 25/06/20 19:50:54 GMT FROM: Jimmy DeLaunay at Penn State <delauj2(a)gmail.com> James DeLaunay (PSU), Rachel Hamburg (USRA), Oindabi Mukherjee (USRA), Samuele Ronchini (PSU), Aaron Tohuvavohu (Caltech), Jamie A. Kennea (PSU), Tyler Parsotan (NASA GSFC), Maia Williams (PSU), Gayathri Raman (PSU) report: Swift/BAT did not localize GRB 250620A onboard (T0: 2025-06-20T08:05:18.94 UTC, Fermi/GBM trig 772099523) The Fermi notice, distributed in near real-time, triggered the Swift Mission Operations Center operated Gamma-ray Urgent Archiver for Novel Opportunities (GUANO; Tohuvavohu et al. 2020, ApJ, 900, 1). Upon trigger by this notice, GUANO sent a command to the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) to save 200 seconds of BAT event-mode data from [-50,+150] seconds around the time of the burst. All the requested event mode data was delivered to the ground. The BAT likelihood search, NITRATES (DeLaunay + Tohuvavohu 2022, ApJ, 941, 169), performed on the temporal window [T0-20 s, T0+20 s], detects the burst with a sqrt(TS) of 7.3 in a 0.512 s analysis time bin, starting at T0 + 8.96 s. This corresponds to a FAR ~ 5e-4 Hz. This is ~9 s after the initial short spike detected by Fermi/GBM, but is temporally coincident with a separate pulse seen in the Fermi/GBM lightcurve. The initial short spike is also detected by NITRATES, but very weakly with a sqrt(TS) of 6.8 (FAR ~ 2e-3 Hz) in a 0.256 s analysis time bin, starting at T0 - 0.128 s. Using the NITRATES analysis, parameter estimation was performed to obtain the localization of this burst in the form of a HEALPIX Multi-Order Coverage (MOC) skymap. This localization accounts for both statistical and systematic errors. More details in the creation and calibration of these maps will soon be published (DeLaunay et al. 2025. in prep) The 90% credible area is 15,094 deg2 and the 50% credible area is 5,333 deg2. The integrated probability inside the coded field of view is 1%. The NITRATES skymap is very large but is consistent with the Fermi localization reported in the final position notice (GCN 40791). A plot of the probability skymap can be viewed here: [skymap_plot](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/trigger_report?id=772099554/#:~:te… The probability skymap file can be downloaded from the link here [skymap_fits_file](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/files/772099554/0_n_PROBMAP) [joint_skymap_fits_file](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/files/772099554/0_n_JOI… Instructions on how to read and manipulate this map can be found here: https://guano.swift.psu.edu/documentation More details about this burst can be found on the trigger report page here: https://guano.swift.psu.edu/trigger_report?id=772099554 GUANO is a fully autonomous, extremely low latency, spacecraft commanding pipeline designed for targeted recovery of BAT event mode data around the times of compelling astrophysical events to enable more sensitive GRB searches. A live reporting of Swift/BAT event data recovered by GUANO can be found at: https://www.swift.psu.edu/guano/ View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40796. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38836] GRB 250619B: Swift/BAT-GUANO localization skymap of a burst
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40795 SUBJECT: GRB 250619B: Swift/BAT-GUANO localization skymap of a burst DATE: 25/06/20 17:11:42 GMT FROM: Jimmy DeLaunay at Penn State <delauj2(a)gmail.com> James DeLaunay (PSU), Samuele Ronchini (PSU), Aaron Tohuvavohu (Caltech), Jamie A. Kennea (PSU), Tyler Parsotan (NASA GSFC), Maia Williams (PSU) report: Swift/BAT did not localize GRB 250619B onboard (T0: 2025-06-19T23:36:17.17 UTC, Fermi/GBM trig 772068982) The Fermi notice, distributed in near real-time, triggered the Swift Mission Operations Center operated Gamma-ray Urgent Archiver for Novel Opportunities (GUANO; Tohuvavohu et al. 2020, ApJ, 900, 1). Upon trigger by this notice, GUANO sent a command to the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) to save 200 seconds of BAT event-mode data from [-50,+150] seconds around the time of the burst. All the requested event mode data was delivered to the ground. The BAT likelihood search, NITRATES (DeLaunay + Tohuvavohu 2022, ApJ, 941, 169), performed on the temporal window [T0-20 s, T0+20 s], detects the burst with a sqrt(TS) of 7.9 in a 8.192 s analysis time bin, starting at T0 - 2.048 s. Using the NITRATES analysis, parameter estimation was performed to obtain the localization of this burst in the form of a HEALPIX Multi-Order Coverage (MOC) skymap. This localization accounts for both statistical and systematic errors. More details in the creation and calibration of these maps will soon be published (DeLaunay et al. 2025. in prep) The 90% credible area is 10,760 deg2 and the 50% credible area is 1,197 deg2. The integrated probability inside the coded field of view is 30%. The NITRATES skymap is consistent with the Fermi localization reported in the final position notice (GCN 40788). The combined Fermi/GBM+NITRATES 90% credible area is 652 deg2 and the 50% credible area is 146 deg2. A plot of the probability skymap can be viewed here: [skymap_plot](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/trigger_report?id=772069012/#:~:te… The probability skymap and joint skymap files can be downloaded from the links here [skymap_fits_file](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/files/772069012/0_n_PROBMAP) [joint_skymap_fits_file](https://guano.swift.psu.edu/files/772069012/0_n_JOI… Instructions on how to read and manipulate this map can be found here: https://guano.swift.psu.edu/documentation More details about this burst can be found on the trigger report page here: https://guano.swift.psu.edu/trigger_report?id=772069012 GUANO is a fully autonomous, extremely low latency, spacecraft commanding pipeline designed for targeted recovery of BAT event mode data around the times of compelling astrophysical events to enable more sensitive GRB searches. A live reporting of Swift/BAT event data recovered by GUANO can be found at: https://www.swift.psu.edu/guano/ View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40795. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38835] GRB 250620C: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40794 SUBJECT: GRB 250620C: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/06/20 16:18:37 GMT FROM: Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply(a)GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov> The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB At 16:07:09 UT on 20 Jun 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250620C (trigger 772128434.916854 / 250620672). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 142.6, Dec = 55.0 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 09h 30m, 55d 00'), with a statistical uncertainty of 1.0 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 124.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620672/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620672/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620672/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40794. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38834] Fermi trigger No 772128434: Global MASTER-Net observations report
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40793 SUBJECT: Fermi trigger No 772128434: Global MASTER-Net observations report DATE: 25/06/20 16:16:06 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-Tunka robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Russia (Applied Physics Institute, Irkutsk State University) started inspect of the Fermi GRB250620.67 (trigger No 772128434,09h 30m 26.40s , +54d 57m 36.0s, R=1) errorbox 96 sec after notice time and 133 sec after trigger time at 2025-06-20 16:09:23 UT, with upper limit up to 15.7 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 58 deg. The sun altitude is -14.4 deg. The galactic latitude b = 45 deg., longitude l = 161 deg. Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here: https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2910184 We obtain a following upper limits. Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment _________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________ 148 | 2025-06-20 16:09:23 | MASTER-Tunka | (09h 40m 06.83s , +56d 13m 43.0s) | P- | 30 | 14.9 | 148 | 2025-06-20 16:09:23 | MASTER- | (09h 21m 21.53s , +56d 18m 40.7s) | C | 30 | 14.5 | 250 | 2025-06-20 16:10:55 | MASTER-Tunka | (09h 40m 05.78s , +56d 08m 46.7s) | P- | 50 | 15.7 | 250 | 2025-06-20 16:10:55 | MASTER- | (09h 21m 23.28s , +56d 13m 19.9s) | C | 50 | 15.3 | Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band. The observation and reduction will continue. The message may be cited. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40793. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38833] GRB 250620B: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40792 SUBJECT: GRB 250620B: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/06/20 13:33:28 GMT FROM: Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply(a)GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov> The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB At 13:22:56 UT on 20 Jun 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250620B (trigger 772118581.936592 / 250620558). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 67.1, Dec = -30.2 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 04h 28m, -30d 11'), with a statistical uncertainty of 6.0 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 90.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620558/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620558/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620558/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40792. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38832] GRB 250620A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40791 SUBJECT: GRB 250620A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/06/20 08:15:50 GMT FROM: Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply(a)GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov> The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely SHORT GRB At 08:05:18 UT on 20 Jun 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250620A (trigger 772099523.9444 / 250620337). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 46.2, Dec = 65.8 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 03h 04m, 65d 47'), with a statistical uncertainty of 6.2 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 164.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620337/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620337/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250620337/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40791. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38831] EP-WXT trigger 01709179036: a new outburst of GRS 1739-278
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40790 SUBJECT: EP-WXT trigger 01709179036: a new outburst of GRS 1739-278 DATE: 25/06/20 05:30:21 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> H. Sun (NAO, CAS), J. Yang (NJU), H. Z. Wu (HUST), X. L. Chen (YNU), W. D. Zhang (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: We report on the detection of a new X-ray outburst from the black hole low-mass X-ray binary GRS 1739-278, by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission. The source exhibited a rapid rise in its 0.5-4 keV flux since June 15th, 2025 and triggered EP-WXT (ID: 01709179036) at 2025-06-19T14:54:11 (UTC, ATel #17238). A follow-up observation with the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) on board EP was performed automatically around 2 minutes after the trigger, with an exposure time of 1.2 ks. A bright X-ray source, whose position is consistent with GRS 1739-278, was detected by FXT, thus confirming the new outburst of GRS 1739-278. The FXT spectrum can be fitted by an absorbed power-law with a photon index of 2.1 (+/-0.1) and a neutral hydrogen column density of 2.3 (+/-0.1) x 10^22 cm^-2. The derived unabsorbed flux in 0.5-10 keV is 1.8 (+/-0.1) x 10^-9 erg/s/cm^2. Multi-wavelength follow-up observations are strongly encouraged. Launched on January 9, 2024, EP is a space X-ray observatory to monitor the soft X-ray sky with X-ray follow-up capability (Yuan et al. 2022, Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40790. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38830] GRB 250617B: Nickel telescope optical observations
by GCN Circulars 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40789 SUBJECT: GRB 250617B: Nickel telescope optical observations DATE: 25/06/20 00:49:40 GMT FROM: Weikang Zheng at UC Berkeley <weikang(a)berkeley.edu> Eli Gendreau-Distler, Gracelynn Jost, William Wu, WeiKang Zheng and Alex Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report on behalf of the KAIT GRB team: We observed the field of GRB 250617B (Page et. al, GCN 40760; The Fermi GBM team, GCN 40763) with the 1-m Nickel telescope located at Lick observatory, California. Observations were performed in R band with 600s x 5 exposure time started at 09:46 UT on June 18. We clearly detected the optical afterglow (Page et. al, GCN 40760, Moskvitin et. al, GCN 40761, Jelinek et. al, GCN 40762; Kumar et. al, GCN 40768; Lipunov et. al, GCN 40769; Grossan et. al, GCN 40771; Ma et. al, GCN 40772; Schneider et. al, GCN 40774; Antier et. al, GCN 40775; Corcoran et. al, GCN 40776; Turpin et. al, GCN 40777; Siegel & Page, GCN 40778; Pankov et al., GCN 40783) in our coadd image with 21.4 +/- 0.1 mag at a mid time of 13.10 hours after the burst. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40789. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 38829] GRB 250619B: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 19 Jun '25

19 Jun '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40788 SUBJECT: GRB 250619B: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/06/19 23:46:58 GMT FROM: Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply(a)GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov> The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB At 23:36:17 UT on 19 Jun 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250619B (trigger 772068982.168064 / 250619984). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 25.4, Dec = -24.8 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 01h 41m, -24d 48'), with a statistical uncertainty of 13.4 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 48.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250619984/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250619984/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250619984/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40788. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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