TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40621
SUBJECT: GRB 250601A: Fermi GBM Observation
DATE: 25/06/03 15:42:16 GMT
FROM: Vidushi Sharma at NASA GSFC/UMBC <vidushi.sharma(a)nasa.gov>
V. Sharma (NASA-GSFC/UMBC) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of the
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"At 17:29:35 UT on 1 Jun 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 250601A (trigger 770491780 / 250601729).
which was also detected by Swift/BAT-GUANO (J. DeLaunay et al. 2025, GCN 40600)
and Swift/XRT (K.L. Page et al. 2025, GCN 40604).
The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift/BAT-GUANO position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 24 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of main emission episode with a
duration (T90) of about 3 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged
spectrum from T0-0.5 to T0+2.4 s is best fit by a power law
function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The
power law index is -0.58 +/- 0.1 and the cutoff energy,
parameterized as Epeak, is 873 +/- 142 keV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(2.7 +/- 0.1)E-06 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+1 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 4.9 +/- 0.2 ph/s/cm^2.
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: 40620
SUBJECT: GRB 250602A: DDOTI Optical Follow-Up of the Fermi/LAT Localization
DATE: 25/06/03 15:06:50 GMT
FROM: Rosa L. Becerra at Tor Vergata, Roma <rosa.becerra(a)roma2.infn.it>
Rosa L. Becerra (U Roma), Sahil Atri (U Roma), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Camila Angulo Valdez (UNAM), Nat Butler (ASU), Simone Dichiara (Penn State University), Tsvetelina Dimitrova (ASU), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC/UMD), William H. Lee (UNAM), Océlotl López (UNAM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM) and Eleonora Troja (U Roma) report:
We continued our follow-up campaign of GRB 250602A, detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN Circ. 40602) with the DDOTI/OAN wide-field imager at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on Sierra San Pedro Mártir (http://ddoti.astroscu.unam.mx) on the night of 2025-06-03 UTC.
DDOTI observed the Fermi/LAT error region (Holzmann Airasca et al., GCN Circ. 40611), from 03:51 UTC to 05:01 UTC (from T+24.7 h to T+ 25.9 h after the trigger), obtaining a total exposure time of 48 minutes.
By comparing our observations with the USNO-B1 and Pan-STARRS PS1 DR2 catalogs, and performing image subtraction using a Pan-STARRS PS1 DR2 template, we detect no uncatalogued sources within the observed field down to a 10-sigma limiting AB magnitude of:
w > 20.0
Unfortunately, the Fermi/LAT error region was not included in the field observed on the night of 2025-06-02 UTC (Atri et al., GCN Circ. 40610).
This value is not corrected for the Galactic extinction.
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra of San Pedro Mártir.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40619
SUBJECT: GRB 250603A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits
DATE: 25/06/03 13:14:52 GMT
FROM: Samantha Oates at University of Birmingham <samantha.oates(a)alumni.ucl.ac.uk>
S. R. Oates (Lancaster U.) and T. M. Parsotan (GSFC)
report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 250603A
105 s after the BAT trigger (Parsotan et al., GCN Circ. 40613).
No optical afterglow consistent with the enhanced XRT position
(Beardmore et al., GCN Circ. 40616) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures.
Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system
(Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first
finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are:
Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag
white_FC 105 255 147 >20.4
u_FC 318 567 246 >19.7
white 105 1531 382 >21.0
v 647 5129 190 >19.0
b 573 1516 97 >19.6
u 318 1491 324 >19.8
w1 697 1467 78 >18.7
m2 672 1442 97 >18.5
w2 623 5029 294 >19.2
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction
due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 1.89 in the direction of the burst
(Schlegel et al. 1998).
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40618
SUBJECT: GRB 250603A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
DATE: 25/06/03 12:58:34 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
S. Campana (INAF-OAB), A. Melandri (INAF-OAR), T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB),
D.N. Burrows (PSU), M.A. Williams (PSU), S. Dichiara (PSU), J.P.
Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester) and P.A. Evans report
on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 7.3 ks of XRT data for GRB 250603A, from 92 s to 34.7
ks after the trigger. The data comprise 3 s in Windowed Timing (WT)
mode (taken while Swift was slewing), with the remainder in Photon
Counting (PC) mode.
The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay
index of alpha=1.17 (+0.09, -0.08).
A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed
power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.48 (+0.32, -0.30). The
best-fitting absorption column is 1.6 (+0.5, -0.4) x 10^22 cm^-2, in
excess of the Galactic value of 6.9 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al.
2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion
factor deduced from this spectrum is 7.6 x 10^-11 (1.1 x 10^-10) erg
cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
Total column: 1.6 (+0.5, -0.4) x 10^22 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 6.9 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: 3.3 sigma
Photon index: 1.48 (+0.32, -0.30)
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of
1.17, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 8.8 x 10^-4 count s^-1,
corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 6.7 x
10^-14 (9.8 x 10^-14) erg cm^-2 s^-1.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01320335.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40617
SUBJECT: Fermi trigger No 770638414: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/06/03 11:32:32 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) started inspect of the Fermi GRB250603.43 (trigger No 770638414,19h 14m 55.20s , +26d 21m 36.0s, R=7.82) errorbox 165 sec after notice time and 195 sec after trigger time at 2025-06-03 10:16:44 UT, with upper limit up to 16.8 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 73 deg. The sun altitude is -14.5 deg.
The galactic latitude b = 7 deg., longitude l = 59 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2890867
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Date Time | Site | Coord (J2000) |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________
215 | 2025-06-03 10:16:44 | MASTER-OAFA | (19h 39m 27.79s , +30d 15m 05.9s) | C | 40 | 16.8 |
266 | 2025-06-03 10:17:31 | MASTER-OAFA | (19h 39m 27.74s , +30d 15m 07.5s) | C | 50 | 16.8 |
327 | 2025-06-03 10:18:27 | MASTER-OAFA | (19h 39m 27.67s , +30d 15m 08.4s) | C | 60 | 16.8 |
399 | 2025-06-03 10:19:33 | MASTER-OAFA | (19h 39m 27.58s , +30d 15m 09.3s) | C | 70 | 16.8 |
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: 40616
SUBJECT: GRB 250603A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE: 25/06/03 06:07:13 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9(a)star.le.ac.uk>
A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad and J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester)
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 1415 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT
images for GRB 250603A, 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 = 129.93745, -39.29287 which is equivalent
to:
RA (J2000): 08h 39m 44.99s
Dec (J2000): -39d 17' 34.3"
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 was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40615
SUBJECT: GRB 250603A: Swift-XRT position and confirmation of GRB nature
DATE: 25/06/03 05:40:03 GMT
FROM: K.L. Page at U Leicester <klp5(a)leicester.ac.uk>
K.L. Page and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT
team:
The XRT began observing the field of GRB 250603A (GCN Circ. 40613) at
01:12:04.7 UT, 101.7 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using
promptly-collected data (although downlinked after a delay), we find a
fading, uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec
129.93750, -39.29289 which is equivalent to:
RA(J2000) = 08h 39m 45.00s
Dec(J2000) = -39d 17' 34.4"
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 104 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the
BAT error circle.
Given the nature of the fading X-ray light-curve, we confirm this trigger
as GRB 250603A, and not a new Galactic transient.
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40614
SUBJECT: Swift GRB250603.05: Global MASTER-Net observations report
DATE: 25/06/03 02:48:43 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 GRB250603.05 (trigger No 1320335,08h 39m 40.32s , -39d 16m 04.8s, R=0.05) errorbox 19 sec after notice time and 41 sec after trigger time at 2025-06-03 01:11:04 UT, with upper limit up to 19.2 mag. The observations began at zenith distance = 57 deg. The sun altitude is -44.5 deg.
The galactic latitude b = 2 deg., longitude l = 260 deg.
Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here:
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2890204
We obtain a following upper limits.
Tmid-T0 | Site |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____|_______|______|________
46 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 10 | 17.9 |
62 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 10 | 17.9 |
78 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 10 | 17.9 |
99 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 20 | 18.3 |
126 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 20 | 18.3 |
157 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 30 | 18.5 |
198 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 40 | 18.7 |
245 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 40 | 18.6 |
296 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 50 | 18.7 |
362 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 70 | 19.0 |
443 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 80 | 19.0 |
539 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 100 | 19.1 |
656 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 120 | 19.1 |
794 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 140 | 19.2 |
955 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 170 | 19.2 |
1138 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.2 |
1324 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
1511 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
1697 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
1884 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
2070 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
2257 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
2443 | MASTER-OAFA | C | 180 | 19.1 |
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 40613
SUBJECT: GRB 250603A: Swift detection of a burst or new Galactic transient Swift J0839.7-3916
DATE: 25/06/03 01:51:05 GMT
FROM: David Palmer at LANL <palmer(a)lanl.gov>
T. M. Parsotan (GSFC), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), R. Gupta (NASA GSFC),
M. J. Moss (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and C. Salvaggio (INAF-OAB)
report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 01:10:23 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 250603A (trigger=1320335). Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 129.918, -39.268 which is
RA(J2000) = 08h 39m 40s
Dec(J2000) = -39d 16' 05"
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 18 sec with a possible short
spike at T0+16 sec. The peak count rate was ~1,300 counts/sec
(15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger.
The XRT began observing the field at 01:12:04.7 UT, 101.7 seconds after
the BAT trigger. No source was detected in the 2.5-s promptly available
image. We are waiting for the full dataset to detect and localise the
XRT counterpart.
Although the initial 2.5s of XRT data do not show a clear X-ray
afterglow, the high significance of the BAT image (7.82 sigma)
gives us confidence that this is an astrophysical source.
Further analysis awaits the full downlinked dataset.
We note the presence of Fermi-GBM event at ~T+10 minutes
(GBM trigger: 770606412) with a position consistent (to its
25° error radius) with this source location.
Given the location of the BAT detection at 1.42° from the Galactic
plane, persistent flux over 10 minutes would suggest a Galactic transient.
If so, we would name it Swift J0839.7-3916 .
Burst Advocate for this burst is T. M. Parsotan (tyler.parsotan AT nasa.gov).
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: 40612
SUBJECT: GRB 250602A: Fermi GBM Observation
DATE: 25/06/03 01:47:35 GMT
FROM: Jacob Smith at Fermi-GBM Team <jrs0118(a)uah.edu>
Jacob Smith (UAH) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of
the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
At 03:04:31.31 UT on 02 June 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)
triggered and located GRB 250602A (trigger 770526276/250602128).
which was also detected by Fermi-LAT (A. Holzmann Airasca, et al. 2025, GCN 40611).
The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Fermi-LAT position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 111 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a single emission episode with a duration (T90)
of about 14.6 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum
from T0+0.003 to T0+8.768 s is best fit by
a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff.
The power law index is -0.9 +/- 0.1 and the cutoff energy,
parameterized as Epeak, is 120 +/- 10 keV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is
(1.7 +/- 0.1)E-06 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured
starting from T0+0.0 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 5.8 +/- 0.3 ph/s/cm^2.
A Band function fits the spectrum equally well
with Epeak= 102 +/- 22 keV, alpha = -0.7 +/- 0.3 and beta = -2.2 +/- 0.2.
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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