TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42347
SUBJECT: GRB 251017A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/10/18 08:54:16 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA) , S. Dichiara
(PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), D.N. Burrows (PSU), K.L. Page (U. Leicester),
A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), M. Capalbi (INAF-OAR) and P.A. Evans
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 5.3 ks of XRT data for GRB 251017A, from 96 s to 39.9
ks after the trigger. The data comprise 75 s in Windowed Timing (WT)
mode (the first 11 s were taken while Swift was slewing) with the
remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode.
The late-time light curve (from T0+4.7 ks) can be modelled with a
power-law decay with a decay index of alpha=1.1 (+0.4, -0.3).
A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.67 (+/-0.15). The
best-fitting absorption column is 1.4 (+/-0.5) x 10^21 cm^-2,
consistent with the Galactic value of 8.9 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et
al. 2013). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 2.09 (+0.22,
-0.21) and a best-fitting absorption column of 1.9 (+0.8, -0.7) x 10^21
cm^-2. The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion
factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.5 x 10^-11 (4.9 x 10^-11) erg
cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 1.9 (+0.8, -0.7) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 8.9 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: 2.5 sigma
Photon index: 2.09 (+0.22, -0.21)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.1, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 7.1 x 10^-3 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 2.5 x
10^-13 (3.5 x 10^-13) erg cm^-2 s^-1.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
https://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01404904.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42346
SUBJECT: GRB 251018A: MASTER OT detection
DATE: 25/10/18 07:51:23 GMT
FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov(a)xray.sai.msu.ru>
V. Lipunov, I.Panchenko, A.Kuznetsov, G.Antipov, P.Balanutsa, E.Gorbovskoy,
K.Zhirkov, N.Tiurina, A.Sankovich, Ya.Kechin, Yu. Tselik, M.Shilova, A.Chasovnikov, V.Topolev,
V.Senik, D.Vlasenko, V.Shumkov, K.Vetrov, P.Rudominskaya (Lomonosov MSU, SAI, Moscow),
R.Podesta, C.Francile, F. Podesta, E. Gonzalez (OAFA, San Juan Uni.,Argentina);
D.Buckley, (SAAO, South Africa)
O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU, Irkutsk),
A.Sosnovskij (CrAO RAS),
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 telescope of MASTER Global Robotic Net [1-4]
started Fermi (GCN 42342) and Swift GRB 251018A (Gupta et al. GCN 42343, Trigger time 2025-10-18 03:12:02UT)
105s after notice time (141s after trigger time) at 2025-10-18 03:14:24 UT (Lipunov et al. GCN 42344, cover map and OT https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3017251
There is MASTER OT J184810.01-370141.6,detected since first image (03:14:24) with m_OT=16.5 at 2025-10-18 03:16:46 (unfiltered, automatically calculated)
This OT was discovered by Swift-UVOT (Gupta et al. GCN 42343) and observed by TRT (S.Y.Fu et al. GCN 42345) at the same time.
Observation and reduction will be continued.
[1] Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L
[2] Lipunov et al. 2022, Universe, Vol. 8(5), id.271
[3] Lipunov et a. 2019, ARep, vol.63, 293
[4] Lipunov V., Kornilov V., Gorbovskoy E., Tiurina N., Kuznetsov A.
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: 42345
SUBJECT: GRB 251018A: TRT optical afterglow detection
DATE: 25/10/18 07:07:26 GMT
FROM: L. B. He at NAOC <helb(a)bao.ac.cn>
S.Y. Fu (HUST), K. Noysena, K. Chanchaiworawit, S. Tinyanont (NARIT), Z.P. Zhu, L.B. He, X. Liu, J. An, S.Q. Jiang, D. Xu (NAOC) report on behalf of a large collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 251018A (Gupta et al., GCN 423243) using the 0.7-m telescope of the Thai Robotic Telescope (TRT) network, located at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile. Observations started at 2025-10-17 03:14:29.2 UT, i. e., 147 s after the trigger, and a series frames in the Sloan r filter were obtained.
An uncatalogued and varying optical transient (OT) is clearly detected at the Swift-UVOT position (Gupta et al., GCN 42343), with r = 17.96 +/-0.03 (AB) at ~ 865 s post-burst, calibrated with nearby SKYMAPPER-DR2 catalog and without the Galactic extinction correction. We thus confirm that the OT is indeed the optical afterglow of the burst.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42344
SUBJECT: Swift GRB 251018A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/10/18 03:28:45 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 251018A ( R. Gupta et al., GCN 42343) errorbox 105 sec after notice time and 141 sec after trigger time at 2025-10-18 03:14:24 UT, with upper limit up to 18.4 mag. The observations began at zenith distance = 68 deg. The sun altitude is -46.5 deg.
The galactic latitude b = -16 deg., longitude l = 359 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3017251
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Site |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____|_______|______|________
147 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 10 | 17.8 |
168 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 20 | 18.3 |
194 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 20 | 18.2 |
225 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 30 | 18.4 |
263 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 30 | 18.4 |
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: 42343
SUBJECT: GRB 251018A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
DATE: 25/10/18 03:25:45 GMT
FROM: David Palmer at LANL <palmer(a)lanl.gov>
R. Gupta (NASA GSFC), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), S. Dichiara (PSU),
M. Ferro (INAF-OAB), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB) and
M. H. Siegel (PSU) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift
Observatory Team:
At 03:12:02 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 251018A (trigger=1405083). Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 282.071, -37.028 which is
RA(J2000) = 18h 48m 17s
Dec(J2000) = -37d 01' 41"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a complex
structure with a duration of about 60 sec. The peak count rate
was ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger.
The XRT began observing the field at 03:13:16.7 UT, 74.4 seconds after
the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located
at RA, Dec 282.0433, -37.0265 which is equivalent to:
RA(J2000) = 18h 48m 10.39s
Dec(J2000) = -37d 01' 35.4"
with an uncertainty of 6.3 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 79 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT
error circle.
The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 5.19e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10
keV).
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 83 seconds after the BAT trigger. There is a candidate afterglow in
the rapidly available 2.7'x2.7' sub-image at
RA(J2000) = 18:48:10.04 = 282.04183
DEC(J2000) = -37:01:42.2 = -37.02840
with a 90%-confidence error radius of about 0.62 arc sec. This position is 8.0
arc sec. from the center of the XRT error circle. The estimated magnitude is
17.96 with a 1-sigma error of about 0.15. No correction has been made for the
expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.100.
Burst Advocate for this burst is R. Gupta (rahulbhu.c157 AT gmail.com).
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: 42341
SUBJECT: GRB 251017A: SVOM/VT optical observation
DATE: 25/10/18 02:40:22 GMT
FROM: Liping Xin at NAOC, SVOM <xlp(a)nao.cas.cn>
L. P. Xin, H. L. Li, Y. N. Ma, Z. H. Yao, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, X. H. Han, Y. Xu, J. Wang, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, L. Lan, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team:
SVOM/VT performed a Target of Opportunity observation of GRB 251017A detected by Swift/BAT (Gupta et al., GCN 42322) and Glowbug (Woolf et al., GCN 42335;), starting at 2025-10-17T09:17:19 UTC, 37 min after the trigger, in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously.
The optical counterpart (Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 42323; Antier et al., GCN 42325; Goad et al., GCN 42326; Sasada et al., GCN 42329; Lipunov et al., GCN 42330; Fu et al., GCN 42331; Mo et al., GCN 42336, Adami et al. GCN 42339) is detected in both channels.
Mid-time | exposure time (s) | band | Magnitude (AB)
---------|-------------------|------|-----------------
3.96 h | 27*70 | VT_B | 22.57+/-0.14
3.96 h | 27*70 | VT_R | 20.30+/-0.05
Given the red color from the VT data, it is likely a medium/high redshift burst with a redshift > 4.
Our photometry was in AB magnitude and not corrected for Galactic extinction.
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Centre 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.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42340
SUBJECT: GRB 251011A: Fermi GBM Observation
DATE: 25/10/18 02:27:15 GMT
FROM: rhamburg(a)usra.edu
R. Hamburg (USRA) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"At 03:41:40.09 UT on 11 October 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 251011A (trigger 781846905/251011154), which was also
detected by AstroSat (Tembhurnikar et al. 2025, GCN 42199), Insight-HMXT (Wang
et al. 2025, GCN 42210), and Swift-BAT/GUANO (DeLaunay et al. 2025, GCN 42245).
The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 62 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a multi-peaked structure with a duration (T90)
of about 4.9 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-0.7 to T0+4.9 s
is best fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff.
The power law index is -0.76 +/- 0.01 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as
Epeak, is 136 +/- 1 keV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(3.26 +/- 0.07)E-06 ergs/cm^2 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+1.8 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 11.5 +/- 0.3 ph/s/cm^2.
A Band function fits the spectrum equally well with Epeak = 125 +/- 1 keV,
alpha = -0.69 +/- 0.01 and beta = -2.70 +/- 0.04.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary;
final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page:
https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42339
SUBJECT: GRB 251017A: OHP/T193 i-band observations
DATE: 25/10/17 22:08:45 GMT
FROM: Christophe Adami at LAM <christophe.adami(a)lam.fr>
C. Adami (LAM/Pytheas/AMU), N.A. Rakotondrainibe (LAM), E. Le Floc'h (CEA/Irfu), S. Basa (Pytheas/OHP/LAM), B. Schneider (LAM), report on behalf of the MISTRAL GRB collaboration:
We carried out observations of the GRB 251017A (Gupta et al., GCN 42322; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 42323; Antier et al., GCN 42325; Goad et al., GCN 42326; Sasada et al., GCN 42329; Lipunov et al., GCN 42330; Fu et al., GCN 42331; Woolf et al., GCN 42335; Mo et al., GCN 42336) using the T193cm telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France) equipped with the MISTRAL spectro-imager. We obtained 3 exposures of 3min and 2 exposures of 10min in the i-band at a mid time of 2025-10-17 19:52:19UT, corresponding to T-T0 = 11.19 hr.
The afterglow is detected and we measured the following preliminary magnitude:
i’ = 21.39+/-0.32 mag (AB)
The photometric calibration was performed using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS catalog and the magnitudes are not corrected for Galactic extinction. We used the STDWeb/STDPipe tools (Karpov 2025).
We acknowledge the excellent support from the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and in particular Yoann Degot-longhi and the SOPHIE observers H. Bouy
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 42338
SUBJECT: GRB 251013C: OHP/T193 third epoch optical observations and detected rebrightening
DATE: 25/10/17 21:44:41 GMT
FROM: Christophe Adami at LAM <christophe.adami(a)lam.fr>
C. Adami (LAM/Pytheas/AMU), N.A. Rakotondrainibe (LAM), E. Le Floc'h (CEA/Irfu), S. Basa (Pytheas/OHP/LAM), B. Schneider (LAM), report on behalf of the MISTRAL GRB collaboration:
We carried out further observations of the GRB 251013C optical, NIR, and radio afterglow (Palmerio et al., GCN 42223 ; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 42225 ; Konno et al., GCN 42226 ; Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 42227 ; Masi et al., GCN 42228 ; Palmerio et al., GCN 42229 ; Moskvitin et al., GCN 42230 ; Gompertz et al., GCN 42231 ; Lipunov et al., GCN 42235 ; Garnavich, GCN42240; Watson et al., GCN 42241 ; Lopez-Camara et al., GCN 42242 ; Laskar et al., GCN 42243; Zhang et al., GCN 42248; Brosio et al., GCN 42251; Reguitti et al., GCN 42253 ; Quintana-Ansaldo et al., GCN 42254; Maksut et al., GCN 42256; Ghosh et al., GCN 42261 ; Quadri et al., GCN 42262 ; Adami et al. GCN 42266 ; Peretto et al., GCN 42267 ; Ruocco et al., GCN 42269 ; Calapai, GCN 42275; Adami et al., GCN 42276; Globus et al., GCN 42279; Abidkhanov et al., 42283; Rhodes et al., GCN 42294; Siegel et al., GCN 42298; Leonini et al., GCN 42301; Christy et al., GCN 42312; Moreno Méndez et al., GCN 42318; He et al., GCN 42319; Pavoni et al., GCN 42333; Bochenek et al., GCN 42334) using the T193cm telescope at Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France) equipped with the MISTRAL spectro-imager. We obtained 4 exposures of 10min in the r-band at a mid time of 2025-10-17 19:05:33UT, corresponding to T-T0 = 97.43 hr.
The afterglow is well detected and we measured the following preliminary magnitude:
r’ = 20.74+/-0.06 mag (AB)
This clearly shows a rebrightening as compared to our second epoch observations (r’ = 21.29 +/- 0.07), consistently with the results of Moreno Méndez et al. (GCN 42318).
The photometric calibration was performed using nearby stars from the PanSTARRS catalog and the magnitudes are not corrected for Galactic extinction. We used the STDWeb/STDPipe tools (Karpov 2025).
We acknowledge the excellent support from the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and in particular Yoann Degot-longhi and the SOPHIE observers H. Bouy
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