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[vsnet-grb-info 40457] GRB 251022A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42380 SUBJECT: GRB 251022A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization DATE: 25/10/22 22:44:50 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 22:34:15 UT on 22 Oct 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 251022A (trigger 782865260.264246 / 251022940). The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 74.5, Dec = -22.7 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 04h 58m, -22d 41'), with a statistical uncertainty of 1.9 degrees. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 29.0 degrees. The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251022940/… The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251022940/… The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251022940/… View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42380. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40456] GRB 251013C: SAO RAS optical observations
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42230 SUBJECT: GRB 251013C: SAO RAS optical observations DATE: 25/10/13 21:31:40 GMT FROM: Alexander Moskvitin at SAO RAS <mosk(a)sao.ru> A. S. Moskvitin, O. I. Spiridonova, V. V. Vlasyuk (SAO RAS), N. Pankov (HSE, IKI), A. Pozanenko (IKI), A. Ghosh, S. Razzaque (CAPP, University of Johannesburg), Tao An and Yuanqi Liu (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory) report on behalf of GRB follow-up collaboration and IKI-GRB-FuN. We observed the field of the GRB 251013C (The Fermi GBM team, GCN 42221; Rakotondrainibe et al., GCN 42222) with the 1-m SAO RAS telescope Zeiss-1000 equipped with the CCD-photometer. The observations started on 2025.10.13T19:47:54 UT (t_mid - T0 = 2.1369 hours). The OT (Palmerio et al., GCN 42223; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 42225; Konno et al., GCN 42226; Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 42227; Masi, GCN 42228; Palmerio et al, GCN 42229) is clearly detected in the individual images with the following brightness. Date UT start t-T0 Exp. Filter OT Err. (mid, d) (s) 2025.10.13 19:47:54 0.09078 300 Rc 15.84 +/- 0.01 2025.10.13 20:04:02 0.10082 100 Rc 16.05 +/- 0.01 2025.10.13 20:15:34 0.10883 100 Rc 16.21 +/- 0.01 Preliminary photometry is based on the nearby SDSS objects (magnitudes converted with Lupton 2005 equations) and has not corrected for the Galactic extinction. The observations with the 1-m telescope in BVRI filters and also with the 0.5-m telescope AS-500/2 are ongoing. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42230. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40455] GRB 251021A/EP251021b: Fermi-GBM Sub-Threshold Detection
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42379 SUBJECT: GRB 251021A/EP251021b: Fermi-GBM Sub-Threshold Detection DATE: 25/10/22 13:56:22 GMT FROM: mariaedvige.ravasio(a)ru.nl M. E. Ravasio (Radboud Univ.), E. Burns (LSU), and P.G. Jonker (Radboud Univ.) report on behalf of the Fermi-GBM Team: Fermi-GBM had full spatial and temporal coverage of the transient EP251021b detected by EP-WXT (Dai et al., GCN 42377). There was no Fermi-GBM onboard trigger around the EP starting time at T0=2025-10-21T14:28:05 UTC. The GBM Targeted Search [1], the most sensitive, coherent search for GRB-like signals, was run in the time interval [-50;+500] s from the EP T0. A transient was found most significantly at ~T0+7 s on a 4.096 s timescale, with a false alarm rate of 4.9e-05 Hz. The localization is consistent with the EP one, with a spatial association probability of 99.2%. Among the three spectral templates tested, the transient was best-fit with a "soft" spectrum (i.e., a Band function with Epeak = 70 keV, alpha = -1.9, beta = -3.7) for a GRB. [1] Goldstein et al. 2019 arXiv:1903.12597 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42379. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40454] EP251021b: BOOTES-7 optical upper limit
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42378 SUBJECT: EP251021b: BOOTES-7 optical upper limit DATE: 25/10/22 09:05:45 GMT FROM: I. Perez-Garcia at Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia <ipg(a)iaa.es> I. Perez-Garcia, S.-Y. Wu, E. Fernandez-Garcia, M. D. Caballero-Garcia, R. Sanchez-Ramirez, S. Guziy and A. J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC, Granada), C. Perez del Pulgar, A. Castellon, A. Reina (Univ. de Malaga),Y.-D. Hu (GXU), L. Hernandez-Garcia (Univ. de Valparaiso), M. Gritsevich (Univ. of Helsinki), D. R. Xiong (Yunnan Observatories of CAS), B.-B. Zhang (Nanjing Univ.) and A. Maury (Space, San Pedro de Atacama), on behalf of a larger collaboration, report: Following the detection of the fast X-ray transient EP251021b by the Einstein Probe (Dai et al. GCN 42377), the 0.6m BOOTES-7 robotic telescope at San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) observed the fast X-ray transient location starting on Oct 22, 03:57 UT (~13.08 h after trigger) in different optical bands. No new optical source is detected on the first co-added clear-filter images (mid exposure time 2025-10-22 04:07:57) within the EP/FXT 20 arcsec radius error circle down to 20.0 mag. We thank the staff at San Pedro de Atacama Celestial Explorations observatory for their excellent support. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42378. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40453] EP251021b: Einstein Probe detection of a fast X-ray transient
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42377 SUBJECT: EP251021b: Einstein Probe detection of a fast X-ray transient DATE: 25/10/22 08:30:35 GMT FROM: EP Team at NAOC/CAS <ep_ta(a)bao.ac.cn> C. Y. Dai (NJU), Q. J. Huang(PMO), W. F. Wen (SZTU), J. H. Wu (GZHU), H. W. Pan (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 EP251021b. The transient triggered EP-WXT (ID: 01709247263) at 2025-10-21T14:28:28 (UTC). The ground analysis of the WXT data shows that the event started at T0=2025-10-21T14:28:05 (UTC) and lasted for around 30 s. The WXT position of the source is R.A. = 306.742 deg, Dec. = -38.286 deg (J2000) with an uncertainty of 2.3 arcmin in radius (90% C.L. statistical and systematic). We performed a Target-of-Opportunity observation with the Follow-up X-ray Telescope on board EP. The observation began at 2025-10-22T04:41:25 (UTC), around 14 hours after the trigger. An uncatalogued X-ray source was detected within the WXT error circle at R.A. = 306.7451 deg, Dec. = –38.3048 deg (J2000), with a positional uncertainty of 20 arcsec in radius (90% confidence level, including both statistical and systematic uncertainties). 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/42377. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40452] GRB 250911A: MAXI/GSC detection
by GCN Circulars 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42376 SUBJECT: GRB 250911A: MAXI/GSC detection DATE: 25/10/22 05:22:50 GMT FROM: Hitoshi Negoro at Nihon University/MAXI team <negoro.hitoshi(a)nihon-u.ac.jp> H. Negoro (Nihon U.), T. Mihara (RIKEN), M. Serino (AGU), M. Nakajima, K. Takagi, H. Takahashi, H. Nishio (Nihon U.), T. Tamagawa, N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN), T. Sakamoto, S. Sugita, Y. Kawakubo, H. Hiramatsu, Y. Kondo, A. Yoshida (AGU), Y. Tsuboi, H. Sugai, N. Nagashima, Y. Ishihara (Chuo U.), M. Shidatsu, C. Kang, T. Nakamoto, M. Uenishi, T. Usuki, S. Yatsuzuka (Ehime U.), I. Takahashi, Y. Yatsu (Science Tokyo), S. Nakahira, S. Ueno, H. Tomida, M. Ishikawa, S. Ogawa, M. Kurihara (JAXA), Y. Ueda, K. Fujiwara (Kyoto U.), M. Yamauchi, M. Nishio, C. Hiraizumi (Miyazaki U.), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.), M. Sugizaki (Kanazawa U.), W. Iwakiri (Chiba U.), T. Kawamuro (Osaka U.), and S. Yamada (Tohoku U), We report on the detection of GRB 250911A by MAXI (Swift-BAT: GCN 41781, 41812, COLIBRI: GCN 41782, Swift-XRT: GCN 41783, 41784, 41804, Swift-UVOT: 41800, MASTER: GCN 41806, GECAM-B: GCN 41813, Insight-HXMT: GCN 41827, Konus-Wind: GCN 41939). MAXI detected the burst for approximately 40 seconds, centered at around 01:29:46 on September 11, 2025. The period coincides with the main peak of the burst detected by Swift, HXMT, and Konus-Wind. The 4-10 keV X-ray flux averaged over the scan was 2041 ± 83 mCrab. The MAXI light curve is shown at https://maxi.riken.jp/grbs/250911a/ GRB 250911A was about 0.8 degrees away from the bright NS-LMXB GX 9+9. Due to the X-ray photon confusion from GX 9+9, we were unable to obtain firm upper limits or flux in the previous transit at 23:57 UT on September 10 and the next transit at 03:02 UT. Some software problem during the burst partly causes the late notice. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42376. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40451] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251021u: Updated Sky localization
by GCN Circulars 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42375 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251021u: Updated Sky localization DATE: 25/10/21 16:18:24 GMT FROM: mattia.emma.2022(a)live.rhul.ac.uk The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report: We have conducted further analysis of the LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1) and LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) data around the time of the compact binary merger (CBC) candidate S251021u (GCN Circular 42373). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN and SCiMMA notices, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S251021u For the Bilby.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 3859 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 5884 +/- 2089 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation). For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/. [1] Ashton et al. ApJS 241, 27 (2019) doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab06fc and Morisaki et al. PRD 108, 123040 (2023) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.123040 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42375. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40450] GRB 251016A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis
by GCN Circulars 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42374 SUBJECT: GRB 251016A: SVOM/ECLAIRs refined analysis DATE: 25/10/21 11:52:34 GMT FROM: SVOM_group <svomgroup(a)bao.ac.cn> M. Brunet, O. Godet, S. Guillot (IRAP), B. Hubert (CEA), S.Basa, S.Boissier (LAM) Using the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, we report further analysis of ECLAIRs observations of GRB 251016A (SVOM burst-id sb2525101602, GCN 42308) detected at T0 = 2025-10-16T14:59:20, which was also detected by SVOM/GRM, Fermi/GBM (GCN 42309), CALET/GBM (GCN 42321), Glowbug (GCN 42313), AstroSat/CZTI (GCN 42327) and HXMT/HE (GCN 42359). The burst that triggered ECLAIRs consists of a single short peak, with a duration of T90 = 0.69 +0.09/-0.19 s in the 4-120 keV energy band. The time-averaged spectrum from the peak (T0-0.4 s to T0+0.4 s) in the 5-120 keV energy range is well fitted by a power-law model with a photon index of 1.00 +/-0.16, which is consistent with the results found by Smith at al. 2025 (GCN 42365). With this model, the total 4-120 keV fluence is (3.01 +0.27/-0.94) e-07 erg/cm^2 . All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level. The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. The SVOM/ECLAIRs point of contact for this burst is: Marius Brunet (IRAP) (marius.brunet at irap.omp.eu). View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42374. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40449] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251021u: Identification of a GW compact binary merger candidate
by GCN Circulars 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42373 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251021u: Identification of a GW compact binary merger candidate DATE: 25/10/21 03:49:52 GMT FROM: alvinli(a)g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report: We identified the compact binary merger candidate S251021u during real-time processing of data from LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1) and LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1) at 2025-10-21 03:22:15.181 UTC (GPS time: 1445052153.181). The candidate was found by the Aframe [1], cWB [2], cWB BBH [3], GstLAL [4], MBTA [5], PyCBC Live [6], and SPIIR [7] analysis pipelines. S251021u is an event of interest because its false alarm rate, as estimated by the online analysis, is 2.2e-09 Hz, or about one in 14 years. The event's properties can be found at this URL: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S251021u The classification of the GW signal, in order of descending probability, is BBH (>99%), Terrestrial (<1%), BNS (<1%), or NSBH (<1%). Assuming the candidate is astrophysical in origin, the probability that at least one of the compact objects is consistent with a neutron star mass (HasNS) is <1%. [8] Using the masses and spins inferred from the signal, the probability of matter outside the final compact object (HasRemnant) is <1%. [8] Both HasNS and HasRemnant consider the support of several neutron star equations of state for maximum neutron star mass. The probability that either of the binary components lies between 3 and 5 solar masses (HasMassGap) is <1%. The source chirp mass falls with highest probability in the bin (44.0, 88.0) solar masses, assuming the candidate is astrophysical in origin. Two sky maps are available at this time and can be retrieved from the GraceDB event page: * amplfi.multiorder.fits,0, an initial localization generated by AMPLFI [9], distributed via GCN and SCiMMA notices about 25 seconds after the candidate event time. * bayestar.multiorder.fits,0, an initial localization generated by BAYESTAR [10], distributed via GCN and SCiMMA notices about 4 minutes after the candidate event time. The preferred sky map at this time is bayestar.multiorder.fits,0. For the bayestar.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 3742 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 7164 +/- 2185 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation). For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/. [1] Marx et al. PRD 111, 042010 (2025) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.111.042010 [2] Klimenko et al. PRD 93, 042004 (2016) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.042004 [3] T. Mishra et al. PRD 105, 083018 (2022) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.083018 [4] Tsukada et al. PRD 108, 043004 (2023) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.043004 and Ewing et al. PRD 109, 042008 (2024) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.042008 [5] Alléné et al. CQG 42, 105009 (2025) doi:10.1088/1361-6382/add234 [6] Dal Canton et al. ApJ 923, 254 (2021) doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac2f9a [7] Chu et al. PRD 105, 024023 (2022) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.024023 [8] Chatterjee et al. ApJ 896, 54 (2020) doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab8dbe [9] Chatterjee et al. MLST 5, 045030 (2024) doi:10.1088/2632-2153/ad8982 [10] Singer & Price PRD 93, 024013 (2016) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.024013 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42373. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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[vsnet-grb-info 40448] LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251018bi: Updated Sky localization
by GCN Circulars 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 42372 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S251018bi: Updated Sky localization DATE: 25/10/20 19:58:14 GMT FROM: Nihar.Gupte(a)aei.mpg.de The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, and the KAGRA Collaboration report: We have conducted further analysis of the LIGO Hanford Observatory (H1), LIGO Livingston Observatory (L1), and Virgo Observatory (V1) data around the time of the compact binary merger (CBC) candidate S251018bi (GCN Circular 42357). Parameter estimation has been performed using Bilby [1] and a new sky map, Bilby.multiorder.fits,0, distributed via GCN and SCiMMA notices, is available for retrieval from the GraceDB event page: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/S251018bi For the Bilby.multiorder.fits,0 sky map, the 90% credible region is 883 deg2. Marginalized over the whole sky, the a posteriori luminosity distance estimate is 4502 +/- 1313 Mpc (a posteriori mean +/- standard deviation). For further information about analysis methodology and the contents of this alert, refer to the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA Public Alerts User Guide https://emfollow.docs.ligo.org/. [1] Ashton et al. ApJS 241, 27 (2019) doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab06fc and Morisaki et al. PRD 108, 123040 (2023) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.108.123040 View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/42372. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0L…

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