TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43060
SUBJECT: GRB 251208A: AstroSat CZTI detection
DATE: 25/12/10 06:31:41 GMT
FROM: Anuraag Arya at IIT Bombay <aryaanuraag910(a)gmail.com>
A. Goyal (IITB), A. Arya (IITB), M. Tembhurnikar (IUCAA), S. Salunke (IUCAA), Harsha K. H. (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (Caltech/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 CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a short duration GRB 251208A which was also detected by Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN Circ. 43027), and SVOM/GRM (Wang et. al., GCN Circ. 43042).
The source was clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-12-08 09:25:56.97 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 337 (+63, -72) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 526 (+239, -300) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1251 (+7, -6) counts/s. Due to the intrinsic 1 s binning of veto data, we cannot reliably estimate a T90 for this short burst.
The source was also faintly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range.
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
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43059
SUBJECT: Fermi GBM Sub-Threshold Detection of GRB 251205A
DATE: 25/12/09 22:38:52 GMT
FROM: rhamburg(a)usra.edu
R. Hamburg and P. Veres report on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team:
The Swift/BAT detected GRB 251205A on 2025-12-05 at 23:39:47 UTC (Lanava et al 2025, GCN 43005) and a redshift of z = 1.1 has been measured by GTC/OSIRIS (de Ugarte Postigo et al 2025, GCN 43008). There was no Fermi-GBM onboard trigger around this event time. An automated, blind search for gamma-ray bursts below the onboard triggering threshold in Fermi-GBM identified no candidates.
The GBM Targeted Search [1], the most sensitive coherent search for GRB-like signals in GBM, identified a transient starting about 2 seconds after the Swift/BAT trigger time, most significantly on the 8 s timescale with an SNR of 7.1 and a false alarm rate of 8.1e-05 Hz. The Targeted Search event was found with highest significance using a hard spectrum (i.e., Comptonized function with Epeak = 1500 keV, alpha = -0.5) for a GRB. The Targeted Search localization is found to be spatially consistent with the Swift BAT location.
[1] Goldstein et al. 2019, arXiv:1903.12597
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43058
SUBJECT: GRB 251208A: Glowbug gamma-ray detection
DATE: 25/12/09 18:40:44 GMT
FROM: C.C. Cheung at Naval Research Lab <Teddy.Cheung(a)nrl.navy.mil>
C.C. Cheung, R. Woolf, M. Kerr, J.E. Grove (NRL), A. Goldstein (USRA), C.A. Wilson-Hodge, D. Kocevski (MSFC), and M.S. Briggs (UAH) report:
The Glowbug gamma-ray telescope [1,2,3], operating on the International Space Station, reports the detection of GRB 251208A, which was also detected by Fermi/GBM (GCN 43027), SVOM/GRM (GCN 43042), and GECAM-B (GCN 43054).
Using an adaptive window with a resolution of 32-ms, the burst onset is determined to be 2025-12-08 09:25:56.376 with a duration of 2.05 s and a total significance of about 13.5 sigma. The light curve comprises a single peak.
The analysis results presented here are preliminary and use a response function that lacks a detailed characterization of the surrounding passive structure of the ISS.
Glowbug is a NASA-funded technology demonstrator for sensitive, low-cost gamma-ray transient telescopes developed, built, and operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with support from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USRA, and NASA MSFC. It was launched on 2023 March 15 aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program’s STP-H9 to the ISS and operated until 2024 April when it was put in safe storage on orbit. Glowbug was removed from storage and resumed operation on 2025 September 12.
[1] Grove, J.E. et al. 2020, Proc. Yamada Conf. LXXI, arXiv:2009.11959
[2] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12181, id. 121811O
[3] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2024, Proc. SPIE, 13151, id. 1315108
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43057
SUBJECT: GRB 251208B: COLIBRÍ optical upper limits
DATE: 25/12/09 18:32:15 GMT
FROM: Alan Watson at UNAM <alan(a)astro.unam.mx>
Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (IJCLAB), Rosa L. Becerra (UNAM), 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), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM) and Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM):
We imaged the field of the Fermi/Swift GRB 251208B (Fermi GBM Team, GCN Circ. 43028; DeLaunay et al., GCN Circ. 43033; Bissaldi et al., GCN Circ. 43034) using the DDRAGO two-channel wide-field imager on the COLIBRÍ telescope. We observed from 2025-12-09 12:13 to 13:13 UTC (from 25.9 to 26.9 hours after the Fermi/GBM trigger) and obtained 45 minutes of simultaneous exposure in the r and z filters.
The data were reduced, coadded, and analyzed with the ASU pipeline. The photometry was calibrated using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS DR1 catalog, is in the AB system, and is not corrected for Galactic extinction.
In our stacked images, at the position of the XRT afterglow candidate (Kennea et al., GCN Circ. 43050) we do not detect any new source to the following 3-sigma limits:
r > 23.7
z > 22.7
Furthermore, we do not detect any new source at the LAT uncertainty region (Bissaldi et al., GCN Circ. 43034) down to the following 5-sigma limits:
r > 23.1
z > 22.1
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: 43056
SUBJECT: EP251118a / GRB 251118C: VLT/MUSE redshift confirmation
DATE: 25/12/09 17:24:40 GMT
FROM: Andrea Saccardi at CEA/Irfu <andrea.saccardi(a)cea.fr>
A. Saccardi (CEA/Irfu), D. B. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and Radboud), L. Izzo (INAF/OACn & DARK/NBI), V. D’Elia (ASI/SSDC), J. An, D. Xu (NAOC), M. De Pasquale (U. of Messina) report on behalf of the Stargate collaboration:
We observed the field of EP251118a / GRB 251118C detected by EP (Jiang et al., GCN 42749; Shi et al., GCN 42754), Konus-Wind (Frederiks et al., GCN 42765), SVOM/GRM (Wang et al., GCN 42766), Swift/BAT (Delaunay et al., GCN 42770), and Glowbug (Woolf et al., GCN 42771), using the ESO VLT UT4 (Yepun) equipped with the MUSE spectrograph. Our observation started at 07:17:25 UT on 2025 November 19 (14.6 hr after the GRB trigger), and consisted of 3 exposures of 700 s each.
The optical counterpart (Malesani et al., GCN 42751; Lipunov et al., GCN 42755; Belkin et al., GCN 42758; Yadav et al., GCN 42760; Busmann et al., GCN 42763; Francile et al., GCN 42767; Urquijo-Rodríguez et al., GCN 42773; Li et al., GCN 42776; Lee et al., GCN 42780; Moskvitin and Spiridonova, GCN 42785; Gupta et al., GCN 42787; Liu et al., GCN 42793; Aryan et al., GCN 42798; Gupta et al., GCN 42810; Volnova et al., GCN 42926) is well detected in the wavelength-stacked “white light” image.
Our spectra cover the wavelength range 4750 - 9330 AA. In a preliminary reduction, we detect a continuum over the entire covered wavelength range. From the detection of several absorption features that we identify as Fe II, Mg II, Mg I, and Ca II, we infer a redshift of z = 1.217 for the GRB. Additionally, we note the presence of the [O II] 3726,3729 doublet in emission at a comparable redshift (z = 1.218).
Our result is thus fully consistent with, and improves, the value previously reported by the Nordic Optical Telescope (An et al., GCN 42756).
We acknowledge expert support from the observing staff in Paranal, in particular Cedric Ledoux, Fuyan Bian, and Juan Carlos Olivares.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43055
SUBJECT: GRB 251208C: GECAM-B observation of a short burst
DATE: 25/12/09 16:16:20 GMT
FROM: Yue Wang <m18509381757(a)163.com>
Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-B was triggered on-ground by GRB 251208C, at 2025-12-08T12:52:32.600 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #43030) and SVOM/GRM (Yue Wang et al., GCN #43041).
According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse with a duration (T90) of 0.3 +0.2/-0.2 s.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb251208C.png
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43054
SUBJECT: GRB 251208A: GECAM-B observation of a short burst
DATE: 25/12/09 16:15:06 GMT
FROM: Yue Wang <m18509381757(a)163.com>
Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang, Shao-Lin Xiong (IHEP) report on behalf of GECAM team:
GECAM-B was triggered on-ground by GRB 251208A, at 2025-12-08T09:25:57.550 UTC (denoted as T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM team, GCN #43027) and SVOM/GRM (Yue Wang et al., GCN #43042).
According to the GECAM-B light curves in about 70-6000 keV, this burst mainly consists of a single pulse with a duration (T90) of 2.4 +0.7/-1.2 s.
The GECAM-B light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/gecambgrb251208A.png
Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission originally consists of two micro-satellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B) launched in Dec. 2020. As the third member of GECAM constellation, GECAM-C was launched onboard SATech-01 experimental satellite in July 2022. GECAM mission is funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43053
SUBJECT: Fermi GRB 251209A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/12/09 15:30:41 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-Kislovodsk robotic telescope [1] located in Russia (Lomonosov MSU, Kislovodsk Solar Station of Pulkovo observatory) started inspect of the Fermi GRB 251209A ( Fermi GBM team, GCN 43048) errorbox 4838 sec after notice time and 4882 sec after trigger time at 2025-12-09 14:45:26 UT, with upper limit up to 15.1 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 80 deg. The sun altitude is -12.3 deg.
The galactic latitude b = 66 deg., longitude l = 80 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3065758
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________
4912 | 2025-12-09 14:45:26 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | (14h 17m 04.16s , +45d 00m 13.7s) | C | 60 | 15.1 |
4912 | 2025-12-09 14:45:26 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | (14h 22m 26.41s , +44d 40m 31.0s) | C | 60 | 15.0 |
Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band.
The observation and reduction will continue.
The message may be cited.
[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
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 43051
SUBJECT: GRB 251206A: SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) optical upper limit
DATE: 25/12/09 14:48:58 GMT
FROM: Alan Watson at UNAM <alan(a)astro.unam.mx>
Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), William H. Lee (UNAM), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (IJCLAB), Rosa L. Becerra (UNAM), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Kin Ocelotl López (UNAM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM), Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM), and Marius Brunet (IRAP) report:
We imaged the field of the SVOM GRB 251206A (Brunet et al., GCN Circ. 43031) using the DDRAGO wide-field imager on the SVOM/COLIBRÍ (FM-GFT) telescope. We observed from 2025-12-09 04:39 to 0625 UTC (from 55.8 to 57.2 hours after the trigger) and obtained 80 minutes of simultaneous exposure in the r and z filters.
The data were reduced, coadded, and analyzed with the ASU pipeline. The photometry was calibrated using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS DR1 catalog, is in the AB system, and is not corrected for Galactic extinction.
In the stacked image, we do not detect any new source inside the ECLAIRs uncertainty region (Brunet et al., GCN Circ. 43031) to the following 5-sigma limits:
r > 23.3
z > 22.3
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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