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[vsnet-grb-info 43033] EP260610b: SVOM/VT optical confirmation with blue color
by GCN Circulars 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44900 SUBJECT: EP260610b: SVOM/VT optical confirmation with blue color DATE: 26/06/11 01:25:37 GMT FROM: Huali Li at at NAOC, SVOM <lhl(a)nao.cas.cn> L. P. Xin, H. L. Li, C. Wu, Y. L. Qiu, J. R. Xu,, Y. N. Ma, Z. H. Yao, X. H. Han, J. Wang, Y. Xu, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. T. Palmerio (CEA/Irfu) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed ToO observations to the field of EP260610b triggered by Einstein Probe (Wu et al., GCN 44895). The observation started at 2026-06-10T13:47:19 UTC, 59.5 minutes post trigger in the VT_B (400-650 nm) and VT_R (650-1000 nm) channels simultaneously. The optical counterpart (Levan et al., GCN 44897) was detected by VT in both channels. The following measurements are in the AB magnitude without correction for Galactic extinction: Mid time | Band | Exposure Time | Brightness 2.13 h VT_B 91*50 s 22.6 +/- 0.2 mag 2.13 h VT_R 80*50 s 23.0 +/- 0.3 mag We note the source has a blue color in VT observations. The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC), CAS. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44900. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43032] IceCube-260610A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate track-like event
by GCN Circulars 11 Jun '26

11 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44899 SUBJECT: IceCube-260610A - IceCube observation of a high-energy neutrino candidate track-like event DATE: 26/06/11 01:17:40 GMT FROM: janeth.phd(a)gmail.com The IceCube Collaboration (http://icecube.wisc.edu/) reports: On 26-06-10 at 20:02:41.03 UT IceCube detected a track-like event with a high probability of being of astrophysical origin. The event was selected by the ICECUBE_Astrotrack_GOLD alert stream. The average astrophysical neutrino purity for Gold alerts is 50%. Given the path through the IceCube detector (track traversing only a limited instrumented volume), the detector does not observe the full energy deposition as well as it would for a track crossing a larger portion of the array. This leads to some uncertainty in the p_astro value, circulated via GCN notice. Regardless, this track remains a strong candidate for an astrophysical neutrino event. This alert has an estimated false alarm rate of 0.1495 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/142709_10606089.amon) more sophisticated reconstruction algorithms have been applied offline, with the direction refined to: Date: 26-06-10 Time: 20:02:41.03 UT RA: 309.20 (+2.04/-2.06 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000 Dec: 37.22 (+0.96/-0.93 deg 90% PSF containment) J2000 As announced in GCN Circular 43419 (https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/43419) IceCube alert notices for high-energy track alerts are now also streamed via Kafka. IceCube Gold/Bronze track alerts are available on the Kafka topic 'gcn.notices.icecube.gold_bronze_track_alerts'. The probability distribution of the true neutrino direction, allowing the extraction of precise 90% containment regions around the best-fit direction, is now available for revised reconstruction of high-energy track alerts. The corresponding sky map is distributed as a FITS file and follows the explicit naming convention IceCube-YYMMDDX, where YYMMDD indicates the date of the event and X is a letter distinguishing multiple alerts on the same day. The download link is provided through the GCN schema distributed via Kafka. Detailed documentation describing the alert distribution, schemas, and probability maps is available at: https://gcn.nasa.gov/missions/icecube. Two gamma-ray sources from the Fermi 4FGL-DR4 catalog are located within the 90% uncertainty region of this event. The closest source is 4FGL J2035.0+3632 (PSR J2034+3632), at RA = 308.7571° and Dec = 36.5371° (J2000), with an angular separation of 0.77° from the best-fit event position. The second-closest source is 4FGL J2030.0+3641 (PSR J2030+3641), at RA = 307.5086° and Dec = 36.6872° (J2000), with an angular separation of 1.45° from the best-fit event position. 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 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44899. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43031] GRB 260515A: SOAR optical observations
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44898 SUBJECT: GRB 260515A: SOAR optical observations DATE: 26/06/10 20:40:46 GMT FROM: James Freeburn at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <jamesfreeburn54(a)gmail.com> Kira Nolan, James Freeburn, Anirudh Salgundi, Igor Andreoni (UNC Chapel Hill): We observed the field of GRB 260515A (Brunet et al., GCN 44622) using the Goodman High Throughput Spectrograph instrument on the 4.1m Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope, in imaging mode. We obtained 3x300s exposures respectively in the SDSS r and i filters, starting at 2026-06-08T02:01:28 UTC, approximately 23 days after the GRB trigger. We confirm the late-time emission (Li et al., GCN 44821) of the optical counterpart previously reported by He et al., GCN 44623; Saccardi et al., GCN 44624; Sosnovskij et al., GCN 44625; He et al., GCN 44626; Lipunov et al., GCN 44627; Wu et al., GCN 44628; Malesani et al., GCN 44629, Dennefeld et al., GCN 44633; Li et al., GCN 44634; Wang et al., GCN 44642; Antier et al., GCN 44643; Pérez-Fournon et al., GCN 44645; Dimple et al. GCN 44646; Moskvitin et al., GCN 44652; Bochenek et al., GCN 44658. We measure the following measurements and the magnitude limit is quoted at the 5 sigma level: | MJD (mid) | T - T_0 | Filter | Mag. (AB) | | --------- | -------- | - | ----- | | 61199.088 | 23.271 d | r | >23.6 | | 61199.099 | 23.282 d | i | 23.1 +/- 0.2 | Photometry is calibrated against nearby PanSTARRS-1 DR2 catalog stars and not corrected for extinction. As this location does not have i-band coverage in Legacy Survey DR10 (Dey et al., 2019), the detected emission may include contributions from the host galaxy. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44898. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43030] EP260610b: Gemini North optical counterpart candidate
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44897 SUBJECT: EP260610b: Gemini North optical counterpart candidate DATE: 26/06/10 16:54:45 GMT FROM: Jonathan Quirola at Radboud University <jaquirola1990(a)gmail.com> A. J. Levan (Radboud & Warwick), J. Quirola-Vasquez (Radboud), R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris (Leicester), G. Corcoran (UCD), A. P. C. van Hoof (Radboud), P. G. Jonker (Radboud), D. B. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and Radboud), J. Chacón (PUC), H. Sun (NAO, CAS), F. E. Bauer (SSI and UTA) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the localisation region of EP260610b (Wu et al. 2026, GCN 44895) with the Gemini North Telescope and the GMOS-N instrument on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Observations began at 13:36:51 UT on 10 June 2026 and consisted of 7 × 100 s exposures in the SDSS r band (~0.81 hr after T0) and 3 × 100 s exposures in the SDSS z band (~1.08 hr after T0). By comparison with the Legacy Survey images, we identify a candidate optical counterpart at the following coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:50:29.72 Dec = +46:32:10.6 Photometry performed on the stacked images yields r = 22.23 ± 0.03 and z = 22.19 ± 0.05 AB mag, calibrated against nearby stars from the Pan-STARRS catalog and not corrected for Galactic extinction. We acknowledge the excellent support from the Gemini North staff in the execution of these challenging observations. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44897. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43029] EP260610a: SVOM/VT optical upper limits
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44896 SUBJECT: EP260610a: SVOM/VT optical upper limits DATE: 26/06/10 14:40:01 GMT FROM: Huali Li at at NAOC, SVOM <lhl(a)nao.cas.cn> H. L. Li, L. P. Xin, C. Wu, Y. L. Qiu, J. R. Xu,, Y. N. Ma, Z. H. Yao, X. H. Han, J. Wang, Y. Xu, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. T. Palmerio (CEA/Irfu) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed a ToO observation of the field of EP260610a triggered by Einstein Probe (Wu et al., GCN 44889). The observation started at 2026-06-10T05:47:51 UTC, i.e., about 1.18 hours post trigger in the VT_B (400-650 nm) and VT_R (650-1000 nm) channels simultaneously. No uncatalogued optical source was detected at the FXT source position (Wu et al., GCN 44889) in our stacked images, compared to the Legacy Survey. The 3-sigma upper limits are: Mid_time Band Exposure Time Magnitude (AB) 2.27 h VT_B 83*50 s > 23.8 mag 2.27 h VT_R 84*50 s > 23.4 mag The magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction. Our non-detection is consistent with the observation from COLIBRÍ (Postigo et al., GCN 44890). The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC), CAS. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44896. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43028] EP260610b: Einstein Probe detection of an X-ray transient
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44895 SUBJECT: EP260610b: Einstein Probe detection of an X-ray transient DATE: 26/06/10 13:28:05 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> H.Z. Wu, (HUST, CAS),C. L. Guo, H. Y. Ren, Z. X. Ling (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: We report on the detection of an X-ray transient by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, designated EP260610b. The transient triggered EP-WXT (ID: 01709268876) at 2026-06-10T12:48:17 (UTC). The WXT position of the source is R.A. = 267.601 deg, DEC = 46.534 deg (J2000) with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin in radius (90% C.L. statistical and systematic). A follow-up observation with the Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) was performed automatically. Within the WXT error circle, an uncatalogued X-ray source was detected at R.A. = 267.6268 deg, DEC = 46.5388 deg (J2000) with an uncertainty of 20 arcsec in radius (90% C.L. statistical and systematic). Further information will be updated when the telemetry data is received. 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/44895. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43027] Konus-Wind detection of GRB 260601A
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44894 SUBJECT: Konus-Wind detection of GRB 260601A DATE: 26/06/10 13:16:20 GMT FROM: Anna Ridnaia at Ioffe Institute <ridnaia(a)mail.ioffe.ru> A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko, D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline, on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report: The short-duration GRB 260601A (Fermi-GBM detection: Fermi GBM team, GCN 44755, Holzmann Airasca et al., GCN 44760; Glowbug detection: Cheung et al., GCN 44763; GECAM-B detection: Wang et al., GCN 44778; SVOM-GRM detection: Wang et al., GCN 44793; CALET-GBM detection: Yamaoka et al., GCN 44817; IPN triangulation: Svinkin et al., GCN 44893) triggered Konus-Wind at T0=39609.166 s UT (11:00:09.166). The burst light curve shows a multipeaked structure which starts at ~T0 and has a total duration of ~0.2 s. The emission is seen up to ~2 MeV. The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB260601_T39609/ As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst had the total fluence of 3.05(-0.27,+0.29)x10^-6 erg/cm2, and the 16-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.078 s, of 4.04(-0.53,+0.55)x10^-5 erg/cm2/s (both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range). The time-averaged spectrum of the burst (measured from T0 to T0+0.192 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 10 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model: dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with alpha = -0.44(-0.13,+0.14) and Ep = 780(-91,+107) keV (chi2 = 36/39 dof). Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep, and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -2.6 (chi2 = 36/38 dof). All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level. All the quoted values are preliminary. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44894. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43026] IPN triangulation of GRB 260601A (short/hard)
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44893 SUBJECT: IPN triangulation of GRB 260601A (short/hard) DATE: 26/06/10 13:06:10 GMT FROM: Dmitry Svinkin at Ioffe Institute <svinkin(a)mail.ioffe.ru> D. Svinkin, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko, A. Ridnaia, and T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, A. Goldstein, M. S. Briggs, C. Wilson-Hodge, and E. Burns on behalf of the Fermi-GBM team, Zheng-Hang Yu, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Chao Zheng, Cheng-Kui Li (IHEP) on behalf of GECAM team, C. Wang (IHEP), S. Xiong (IHEP), S. Zhang (IHEP), J. Wei (NAOC), B. Cordier (CEA) on behalf of the SVOM-GRM team, K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U), A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, S. Sugita, Y. Kawakubo (AGU), S. Nakahira (JAXA), Y. Asaoka (ICRR), S. Torii, Y. Akaike, K. Kobayashi (Waseda U), Y. Shimizu, T. Tamura (Kanagawa U), N. Cannady (GSFC), M. L. Cherry (LSU), S. Ricciarini (U of Florence), P. S. Marrocchesi (U of Siena), on behalf of the CALET collaboration, report: The short-duration GRB 260601A (Fermi-GBM detection: The Fermi GBM team, GCN 44755; Holzmann Airasca, GCN 44760; Glowbug detection: Cheung et al., GCN 44763; GECAM-B detection: Y. Wang et al., GCN 44778; SVOM-GRM detection: Y. Wang et al., GCN 44793; CALET-GBM detection: Yamaoka et al., GCN 44817) was detected by Fermi (GBM trigger 802004417), CALET (GBM trigger 1464346716), Konus-Wind, Glowbug, SVOM (GRM), and GECAM-B at about 39612 s UT (11:00:12). We have triangulated it to the 3 sigma localization region whose area is 2.8 sq. deg, and its maximum dimension is 73 deg (the minimum one is 2.7 arcmin). A triangulation map and HEALPix FITS files are posted at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB260601_T39609/IPN/ The HEALPix triangulation map is the multi-order HEALPix in units of probability density. The Konus-Wind time history and spectrum will be given in a forthcoming GCN Circular. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44893. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43025] GRB 260610b: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44892 SUBJECT: GRB 260610b: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 26/06/10 10:19:57 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 10:07:46 UT on 10 Jun 2026, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 260610b (trigger 802778871.805202 / 260610422). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 354.7, Dec = 8.4 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 23h 38m, 8d 24'), with a statistical uncertainty of 10.5 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 102.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44892. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 43024] GRB 260610b: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 10 Jun '26

10 Jun '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44891 SUBJECT: GRB 260610b: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 26/06/10 10:18:35 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 10:07:46 UT on 10 Jun 2026, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 260610b (trigger 802778871.805202 / 260610422). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 354.7, Dec = 8.4 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 23h 38m, 8d 24'), with a statistical uncertainty of 10.5 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 102.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260610422/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44891. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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