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[vsnet-grb-info 42445] EP260417b: Einstein Probe detection of a fast X-ray transient
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44323 SUBJECT: EP260417b: Einstein Probe detection of a fast X-ray transient DATE: 26/04/17 08:45:52 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> K. R. Ni (CCNU), Y. Q. Zhao (USTC; PRIC), Y. L. Wang (NAO, CAS; ICE, CSIC) and Z. X. Ling (NAO, CAS) on behalf of the Einstein Probe (EP) team: We report on the detection of a fast X-ray transient by the Wide-field X-ray Telescope (WXT) on board the Einstein Probe (EP) mission, designated EP260417b. The ground analysis of the WXT data shows that the event started at T0 = 2026-04-17T01:21:04 (UTC) and lasted for around 230 s. The WXT position of the source is R.A. = 151.114 deg, DEC = 51.964 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) on board EP has been scheduled. 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/44323. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42444] EP-WXT trigger 01709259586: KAIT optical observations
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44322 SUBJECT: EP-WXT trigger 01709259586: KAIT optical observations DATE: 26/04/17 06:57:45 GMT FROM: Weikang Zheng at UC Berkeley <weikang(a)berkeley.edu> WeiKang Zheng (UCB), Xuhui Han (NAOC), Pinpin Zhang (NAOC) and Alexei V. Filippenko (UCB) report on behalf of the KAIT GRB team: The 0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), located at Lick Observatory, automatically responded to the EP-WXT trigger 01709259586 (Wu et al., GCN 44213) starting at 05:46 UT, about 27 minutes after the trigger. A set of B,V,R,I and clear (roughly R) filter images were obtained and lasted for ~1.5 hours. We performed photometry on the suggested flare star UCAC4 498-055345 and did not find obvious variability on its brightness at 0.1 mag level. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44322. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42443] EP260416a: KAIT optical upper limit
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44321 SUBJECT: EP260416a: KAIT optical upper limit DATE: 26/04/17 06:10:43 GMT FROM: Weikang Zheng at UC Berkeley <weikang(a)berkeley.edu> WeiKang Zheng (UCB), Xuhui Han (NAOC), Pinpin Zhang (NAOC) and Alexei V. Filippenko (UCB) report on behalf of the KAIT GRB team: The 0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), located at Lick Observatory, observed the field of EP260416a (Hu et al., GCN 44307) starting at 05:36, Apr 16 UT, about 7.2 minutes after the burst. A set of 20s, 40s and 60s clear (roughly R) filter images were obtained. In our coadd image, we did not detect the OT (Ducoin et al., GCN 44310; Li et al., GCN 44315; Hua et al., GCN 44318; Lee et al., GCN 44319) down to a limiting mag of 21.0 mag (Vega) at a mid-time of 1.3 hours after the burst. Our result is consistent with the OT reported at a fatiner magnitude by COLIBRÍ at a similar time (Ducoin et al., GCN 44310). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44321. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42442] GRB 260414A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44320 SUBJECT: GRB 260414A: Insight-HXMT/HE detection DATE: 26/04/17 05:57:10 GMT FROM: guohx(a)ihep.ac.cn Hao-Xuan Guo, Chen-Wei Wang, Cheng-Kui Li, Shao-Lin Xiong, and Chao Zheng (IHEP) report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team: At 2026-04-14T06:32:07.400 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected a long burst, GRB 260414A, which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN #44293) and Glowbug (C.C. Cheung et al., GCN #44297). The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of multiple pulses with a total duration (T90) of 34.5 +7/-11 s. The 1s peak rate, measured from T0+0.25 s, is 818 cnts/sec. Insight-HXMT/HE detected a total of 6318 counts from this burst. The Insight-HXMT /HE light curve can be found here: https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb260414A.png All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors of Insight-HXMT/HE operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 60-900 keV (deposited energy). Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside of the telescope. Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was funded jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). More information about it could be found at: http://hxmten.ihep.ac.cn/ View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44320. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42441] EP260416a: COLIBRÍ confirmation of the optical rebrightening
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44319 SUBJECT: EP260416a: COLIBRÍ confirmation of the optical rebrightening DATE: 26/04/17 05:36:55 GMT FROM: William H. Lee at UNAM <wlee(a)astro.unam.mx> William H. Lee (UNAM), Stéphane Basa (UAR Pytheas), Rosa L. Becerra (UNAM), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Edilberto Aguilar-Ruiz (UNAM), Jean-Luc Atteia (IRAP), Camila Angulo (UNAM), Dalya Akl (NYUAD), Sarah Antier (IJCLAB), Nathaniel R. Butler (ASU), Damien Dornic (CPPM), Jean-Grégoire Ducoin (CPPM), Francis Fortin (IRAP), Leonardo García García (UNAM), Ramandeep Gill (UNAM), Noémie Globus (UNAM), Marion Guelfand (CPPM), Asuka Kuwata (UNAM), Massimiliano Lincetto (CPPM), Diego López-Cámara (UNAM), Nikos Mandarakas (LAM), Enrique Moreno Méndez (UNAM), Francesco Magnani (CPPM), Margarita Pereyra (UNAM), Ny Avo Rakotondrainibe (LAM), Fredd Sánchez Álvarez (UNAM), Benjamin Schneider (LAM) and Antonio de Ugarte Postigo (LAM) report: We reimaged the field of the EP260416a (Hu et al., GCN Circ. 44307) using the DDRAGO two-channel wide-field imager on the COLIBRÍ telescope. We observed from 2026-04-17 04:20 to 04:43 UTC (from 22.85 to 23.24 hours after the trigger) and obtained 4/11/3/18 minutes of exposure in the g/r/i/z filters, respectively. The data were reduced and coadded with COLIBRÍ 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. The candidate reported previously by Ducoin et al. (GCN Circ. 44310) is clearly detected in all our filters with preliminary magnitudes of: r = 20.60 +/- 0.02 z = 19.88 +/- 0.02 Our values confirm the rebrightening reported by the WFST Collaboration (Hua et al. GCN Circ. 44318), and suggests a photo-z <2.5 (90% conf.). We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, as well as the technical and engineering teams at CEA, CPPM, IRAP, LAM, OHP, OSU Pytheas, and UNAM. 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. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44319. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42440] EP260416a: WFST optical observations and rebrightening
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44318 SUBJECT: EP260416a: WFST optical observations and rebrightening DATE: 26/04/17 03:55:29 GMT FROM: ylhua(a)pmo.ac.cn Yan-Long Hua, Ding-Fang Hu, Jin-Jun Geng, Xue-Feng Wu, Hui Sun, Ye Li, Zhi-Ping Jin, Tian-Rui Sun, Yi-Fang Liang, Yuan-Tai Yang, Ji-An Jiang report on behalf of the WFST team: Following the detection of EP260416a by Einstein Probe (Hu et al., GCN 44307). We performed follow-up observations using the Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST Collaboration; arXiv:2306.07590) at the Lenghu Astronomical Observation Base in Qinghai Province, China. Observations in the r-band began at 2026-04-16T17:54:47 UTC, approximately 12.4208 hours after the trigger. The optical candidate reported by COLIBRÍ (Ducoin et al., GCN 44310) and SVOM/VT (Li et al., GCN 44315) was clearly detected in images in r band and showed significant rebrightening. The preliminary measurements are given in the AB magnitudes and are not corrected for Galactic extinction: r = 20.27 ± 0.01 (AB) We encourage further follow-up observations. We thank the WFST staff for supporting these observations. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44318. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42439] GRB 260417A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44317 SUBJECT: GRB 260417A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 26/04/17 00:21:39 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 00:10:05 UT on 17 Apr 2026, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 260417A (trigger 798077410.198084 / 260417007). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 252.0, Dec = -19.8 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 16h 48m, -19d 48'), with a statistical uncertainty of 3.4 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 81.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260417007/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260417007/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260417007/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44317. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42438] GOTO26djh/AT2026jpw: ZTSh R,I bands observations of the transient
by GCN Circulars 16 Apr '26

16 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44316 SUBJECT: GOTO26djh/AT2026jpw: ZTSh R,I bands observations of the transient DATE: 26/04/16 15:00:15 GMT FROM: Nicolai Pankov at IKI <colinsergesen(a)gmail.com> N. Pankov (IKI), V. Rumyantsev (CrAO), A. Pozanenko (IKI), A. Volnova (IKI) report on behalf of IKI-GRB-FuN: We performed optical observations of the field of AT2026jpw (O'Neill et al., GCN 44301; Corcoran et al., GCN 44303; Moskvitin and Spiridonova, GCN 44304; Xu et al., GCN 44305; The COLIBRÍ team, GCN 44306; Sosnovskij et al., GCN 44309; Ma et at., GCN 44314) in the R- and I-bands with the Shajn 2.6-meter telescope (ZTSh) of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO). The observations began on 2026-04-15 19:17 UT, i.e. ~1.84 days since GOTO detection. The series of 15x120s exposures were taken in the R-band and 21x120s exposures were taken in the I-band. The optical counterpart is clearly detected. The preliminary photometry and observation details are provided below: Date UT start t-T0 Exp. Filter OT Err. UL(3sigma) (mid, days) (s) 2026-04-15 19:17:42 1.84388 15x120 R 21.49 0.05 23.6 2026-04-15 19:56:05 1.87469 21x120 I 21.59 0.08 23.3 The photometry is calibrated using nearby stars from USNO-B1.0 (see Moskvitin and Spiridonova, GCN 44304) and has not been corrected for the Galactic extinction. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/44316. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42437] EP260416a: SVOM/VT optical observation
by GCN Circulars 16 Apr '26

16 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44315 SUBJECT: EP260416a: SVOM/VT optical observation DATE: 26/04/16 14:48:47 GMT FROM: Huali Li at at NAOC, SVOM <lhl(a)nao.cas.cn> H. L. Li, Y. N. Ma, C. Wu, L. P. Xin, Y. L. Qiu, Z. H. Yao, J. R. Xu, X. H. Han, J. Wang, Y. Xu, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, L. Lan, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA/Irfu) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed a ToO observation of EP260416a, triggered by Einstein Probe (Hu et al., GCN 44307). The observation started at 2026-04-16T06:17:46 UTC, i.e., approximately 46.8 minutes in the VT_B (400-650 nm) and VT_R (650-1000 nm) channels simultaneously. The optical candidate reported by COLIBRÍ (Ducoin et al., GCN 44310) was clearly detected in stack images in both channels. The preliminary measurements are given in the AB magnitudes and are not corrected for Galactic extinction: Mid time | Band | Exposure Time | Brightness 1.93 hr VT_B 99*50 sec 23.36+/-0.25 mag 1.93 hr VT_R 97*50 sec 22.91+/-0.20 mag 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/44315. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 42436] GOTO26djh/AT2026jpw: SVOM/VT optical observation
by GCN Circulars 16 Apr '26

16 Apr '26

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 44314 SUBJECT: GOTO26djh/AT2026jpw: SVOM/VT optical observation DATE: 26/04/16 13:55:26 GMT FROM: Yinuo Ma <mayn(a)bao.ac.cn> Y. N. Ma, H. L. Li, L. P. Xin, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, Z. H. Yao, J. R. Xu, 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), W. L. Zhang (PMO), W. K. Zheng (UCB) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team. SVOM/VT performed a Target of Opportunity observation of the transient GOTO26djh/AT2026jpw detected by GOTO (O'Neill et al., GCN 44301). SVOM/VT began observing the field at 2026-04-16T06:11:26 UTC, 54.9 hours after the trigger, in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously. With X-band data available, the OT (O'Neill et al., GCN 44301; Corcoran et al., GCN 44303; Moskvitin & Spiridonova, GCN 44304; Xu et al., GCN 44305; Sosnovskij et al., GCN 44306; Méndez et al., GCN 44309) was clearly detected in VT_R band. The magnitude is: mid time (h) | exposure time (s) | band | mag (AB) | mag err -------------|-------------------|------|----------|-------- 54.918 | 3*70 | VT_R | 21.5 | 0.2 Our photometry was 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 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/44314. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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