TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 40606 SUBJECT: GRB 250601A: Swift/XRT candidate afterglow DATE: 25/06/02 15:13:44 GMT FROM: Chiara Salvaggio at INAF OABrera <chiara.salvaggio@inaf.it> C. Salvaggio (INAF-OAB), S. B. Cenko (GSFC), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the Fermi/GBM, Swift/BAT-GUANO detected burst GRB 250601A (GCN 40596, 40600). Two XRT sources have been previously reported in GCN 40604. One of the two sources (source 2) has an eROSITA counterpart, while XRT source 3 is a new transient. Therefore we consider source 3 a candidate afterglow for GRB 250601A. Source 3: RA (J2000.0): 90.0936 = 06:00:22.47 Dec (J2000.0): -57.2778 = -57:16:40.0 Error: 5.7 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.) Count-rate: (3.6 [+1.6, -1.3])e-3 ct s^-1 Distance: 60 arcsec from Swift/BAT position. Flux: (1.00 [+0.45, -0.35])e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (observed, 0.3-10 keV) More Swift/XRT observations are planned to (un)confirm the afterglow detection. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the XRT observations, including a position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00021844. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/40606. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0LW...