GCN Circular 1184
Subject
GRB011130 (=XRF011130): Scheduled Target of Opportunity
Date
2001-12-08T09:28:31Z (23 years ago)
From
George Ricker at MIT <grr@space.mit.edu>
GRB011130 (=XRF011130): Scheduled Target of Opportunity Observation
with Chandra X-ray Observatory
G. Ricker, P. Ford, G. Monnelly, N. Butler, R. Vanderspek (MIT); and
D. Lamb (U.Chicago)
on behalf of the Chandra ToO Team and the HETE Science Team
write:
On 10 December, from 00:38 UT - 09:27 UT, the Chandra Observatory is
scheduled to observe the field of the X-ray rich gamma-ray burst
XRF011130 that was localized by the HETE satellite (Ricker et al.,
GCN1165). The revised error circle for XRF011130 (Ricker et al.
GCN1178) fits completely within the field-of-view of the ACIS-I array
on Chandra.
Special arrangements have been made by the Chandra Science Center to
expedite the pre-processing of the data from our observation, so that
the TOO Science Team should be able to carry out the accurate
astrometry needed to establish accurate locations of the brightest
X-ray sources in the HETE field within a few hours of receipt of data
on 10 December.
Assuming that the observation takes place as planned and that the
bulk of the data are received during the morning on 10 December, the
TOO Science Team will strive to disseminate the RA, DEC, and relative
intensity for the 10 brightest X-ray objects in the field by GCN
Circular as soon as possible -- hopefully within 12 hours after the
observation is completed.
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