TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41996
SUBJECT: GRB 250919A / EP250919a: Global MASTER Net before, during and after trigger optical observations
DATE: 25/09/26 06:58:48 GMT
FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov(a)xray.sai.msu.ru>
R.Podesta, C.Francile, F. Podesta, E. Gonzalez (OAFA, San Juan Uni., Argentina);
N.Tiurina, E.Gorbovskoy, V.Lipunov, A.Kuznetsov, A.Sankovich, G.Antipov, P.Balanutsa, Yu. Tselik, A. Sosnovskiy, M.Shilova, A.Chasovnikov, V.Topolev, K.Zhirkov, Ya.Kechin, V.Senik, D.Vlasenko(Lomonosov MSU, SAI, Moscow),
D.Buckley, (SAAO, South Africa)
O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU, Irkutsk),
A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory),
A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity),
V.M.Pillet, R.Rebolo Lopez (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain),
L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez,J.Martinez,A.R.Corella,
L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysic Observatory, Mexico)
The MASTER-OAFA robotic wide-field camera, located in Argentina (OAFA observatory of San Juan National University [1], during a regular survey, obtained an image of the region of the sky containing the point with coordinates MASTER OT J195412.89-485016.4 (GCN 41893) and source (Li et al., GCN 41877) before, during and after the Fermi trigger moment (GBM GCN 41874, GCN 41876, GCN 41890; LAT GCN 41884, Ttrigger=00:28:52) of GRB 250919A .
Very bright optical counterpart MASTER OT J195412.89-485016.4
promptly detected at the agnitude ~ 9 m.
This transient was first publishied as EP250919a optical counterpart by Las
Cumbres observatory (GCN 41877, t_detection=03:02:52.800 UTC)
and as Fermi GRB 250919A/EP250919a optical counterpart by Gemini-South (LEvan et
al. GCN 41883) with reshift detection z = 1.145
X-ray counterpart was also detected by Swift (Osborne et al. GCN 41885) with OT afterglow detection by UVOT (Oates et
al. GCN 41886), NuSTAR (GCN 41888) and Svom (41882).
The full 4 nights light curve is currently being processed.
[1] - V.M. Lipunov, V.G. Kornilov, E.S. Gorbovskoy, N.A. Tiurina & A.S.Kuznetsov, 2023, Astronomical Robotic Networks and
Operative Multichanel Astrophysics, Lomonosov MSU PRESS, 591pp.
http://www.pereplet.ru/lipunov/625.html#625
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41995
SUBJECT: GRB 250925A: COLIBRÍ optical photometry of the afterglow
DATE: 25/09/26 05:52:29 GMT
FROM: enriquemm(a)astro.unam.mx
Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), N. A. Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (OCA), Rosa L. Becerra (U Roma), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU) , Damien Dornic (CPPM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Kin Ocelotl López (UNAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM), and Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM):
We imaged the field of the Swift GRB 250925A (Dichiara et al., GCN Circ. 41985) using the DDRAGO two-channel wide-field imager on the COLIBRÍ telescope. We observed from 2025-09-26 02:45 to 04:30 UTC (from 9.7 to 11.4 hours after the trigger) and obtained 32/32/64 minutes of exposure in the r/i/z filters.
The data were reduced and coadded with the COLIBRÍ pipeline and analysed 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 source reported by Corcoran et al. (GCN Circ. 41990) at preliminary magnitudes of:
r = 23.07 +/- 0.18
i = 21.62 +/- 0.07
z = 21.02 +/- 0.06
The source has faded, confirming that it is the afterglow. Compared to the early observations reported by Corcoran et al., we derive a temporal index of about -0.9 in z.
The very red r-i color is suggestive of a GRB at a moderately high redshift with a break in r.
Further observations 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: 41992
SUBJECT: GRB 250925A: Optical Observations via Virtual Telescope Project, Italy
DATE: 25/09/26 00:08:38 GMT
FROM: Gianluca Masi at Virtual Telescope Project <gianluca(a)bellatrixobservatory.org>
Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project (Italy), reports:
We attempted to observe the optical counterpart (Dichiara et al., GCN 41985) of GRB 250925A with the 14” robotic unit available at the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy, equipped with a KAF-3200E based CCD camera, its QE peaking (90%) in the red part of the spectrum.
We collected 9, 300-second unfiltered exposures, then we averaged them. The central time of the resulting stack was 25 Sept., 23:27 UTC, that is about 6.38 hours after the burst.
We detected a faint object at the following position (J2000.0):
RA: 22 44 51.32
Decl.: +46 33 20.7
R= 21.5 (assuming R-mags from Gaia DR2 for the reference stars).
This position is consistent with Corcoran et al., GCN 41990 and Bochenek et al., GCN 41991
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41991
SUBJECT: GRB250925A: Liverpool Telescope optical observations
DATE: 25/09/25 21:46:51 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 observed the field of GRB250925a detected by Swift (Dichiara et al., GCN 41915) using the IO:O optical camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope. We obtained 5x100s exposures in the SDSS i’ filter starting at 2025-09-25 20:59:51 UT, approximately 3.92 hours after the trigger.
We report a detection in the stacked image at the position of the candidate optical counterpart (Corcoran et al., GCN 41990), inside the XRT error field (Page et al., GCN 41988). The magnitude of the candidate afterglow is i = 20.78 ± 0.03. The photometry was calibrated using nearby PanSTARRS secondary standards and was not corrected for extinction.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41990
SUBJECT: GRB 250925A: NOT optical afterglow candidate
DATE: 25/09/25 21:19:47 GMT
FROM: Daniele Bjørn Malesani at Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute <daniele.malesani(a)nbi.ku.dk>
G. Corcoran (UCD), L. Cotter (UCD), D. B. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and Radboud), A. Martin-Carrillo (UCD), A. de Ugarte Postigo (LAM), B. Schneider (LAM), K. Valeckas (NOT and NBI), report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 250925A (Dichiara et al., GCN 41985) using the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) equipped with the ALFOSC imager. Observations started on 2025 Sep 25.847 UT (3.254 hr after trigger) and consisted of 3x300 s and 5x200 s in each of the SDSS r and z bands.
Within the UVOT-enhanced XRT position (Page et al., GCN 41988), we detect an object which is not seen in Pan-STARRS archival imaging of this field. Its coordinates are:
RA(J2000) = 22:44:51.31
Dec(J2000) = +46:33:21.3
with an estimated error of 0.3”. Calibrated against nearby objects from Pan-STARRS, we measure AB magnitudes (not corrected for Galactic extinction):
r = 21.99 +- 0.10 (3.30 hr after the trigger)
z = 19.96 +- 0.05 (3.69 hr after the trigger)
We note that this is a rather red r-z color, even considering the non-negligible but still modest Galactic extinction A_V ~ 0.75 mag along this line of sight (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011; doi:10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/103). This might indicate either an intrinsic spectral slope, or unaccounted extinction in our Galaxy or in the GRB host.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41989
SUBJECT: GRB 250925A: Leavitt Observatory optical upper limit
DATE: 25/09/25 21:19:01 GMT
FROM: leavittob(a)gmail.com
E. Pavoni, L. Moretti (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 observed the field of GRB 250925A detected by Swift (Dichiara et al., GCN 41985), using our Ritchey-Chrétien telescope (D=250 mm, F/D=8).
The observations began approximately 128 minutes after the trigger, stacking a set of CCD images of 180 seconds each, with good weather conditions. All images were processed by a single data processing pipeline based on astropy package (Astropy Collaboration et al., 2022ApJ...935..167A).
No credible candidate was detected in our stacked frame within the Swift error circle.
We derived the following upper limit:
| Mid-Time (UTC) | Filter | Exp. Time | Upper limit (3-sigma) |
| ------------------- | ------ | ----------- | ----------------------|
| 2025-09-25T19:42:51 | CR | 20x180 sec | 20.49 |
CR magnitude is unfiltered with R zero point.
The photometry was calibrated with the Pan-STARRS cat. (R-mags obtained via Lupton 2005 transformations). Not corrected for the Galactic extinction.
This upper limit is consistent with the report by GROWTH-India Telescope (Saikia et al., GCN 41986).
This message may be cited.
Reference:
https://leavittobservatory.altervista.org
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41988
SUBJECT: GRB 250925A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE: 25/09/25 20:39:16 GMT
FROM: K.L. Page at U Leicester <klp5(a)leicester.ac.uk>
K.L Page, P.A. Evans and M.R. Goad (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the
Swift-XRT team:
Using 1810 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 4 UVOT images, 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 =
341.21375, 46.55573 which is equivalent to:
RA (J2000): 22 44 51.30
Dec (J2000): +46 33 20.6
with an uncertainty of 2.3 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 is an official product of the Swift-XRT team
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 41987
SUBJECT: GRB 250924A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
DATE: 25/09/25 19:39:17 GMT
FROM: Hans Krimm at NSF/NASA-GSFC <hkrimm(a)nsf.gov>
D. Sadaula (GSFC/UMBC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), R. Gupta (GSFC),
H. A. Krimm (NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), A. Y. Lien (U Tampa),
C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), M. J. Moss (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
T. Parsotan (GSFC), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. H. Siegel (PSU),
(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 250924A(trigger #1351790) (Siegel, et al., GCN Circ. 41959). The BAT ground-calculated position is
RA, Dec = 51.908, 74.665 deg, which is
RA(J2000) = 03h 27m 37.8s
Dec(J2000) = +74d 39' 55.1"
with an uncertainty of 1.7 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment).
The partial coding was 12%.
The mask-weighted light curve shows a single broad pulse, extending from approximately T-10 to T+20 seconds. T90 (15-350 keV) is 26.53 +- 3.72 sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-9.92 to T+20.00 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.47 +- 0.17. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 2.5 +- 0.3 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+15.78 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 2.1 +- 0.7 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/1351790
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