{ "bibcode": "2002GCN..1529....1B", "body": "INTRODUCTION:\nThe INTEGRAL mission will soon launch (Oct 02) and two of its instruments \nhave the ability to locate (or just detect) GRBs. They expect 1-2 bursts/month\nwith a location uncertainty of <3 arcmin (radius) and with a time delay\nof 1-2 minutes.\n\nINTEGRAL and GCN:\nThere are 5 types of messages available from the INTEGRAL mission. The GCN\nwill distribute these INTEGRAL messages. You can get these messages\ndirectly from the INTEGRAL ISDC or you can get them through GCN. There are\nseveral advantages to using GCN:\na) For socket sites, you only have to maintain a single socket connection.\nAnd there is no additional software involved.\nb) There is only one format. For socket sites, the INTEGRAL-direct packet\nis 400 bytes (and the GCN packet is 160 bytes). As part of the redistribution\nservice, GCN reformats the INTEGRAL information into the standard GCN\nformat -- this means the locations within the packet are in the standard\nlocations and that the information has been integerized (no need to understand\nfl.pt. conversions). The date & time have also been converted to the standard\nGCN format.\nc) And there is e-mail format. Currently, the only format available directly\nfrom the INTEGRAL machine is the Internet socket packet.\nGCN will generate the standard format & style email, pager, and cellphone\nmessages for the INTEGRAL messages.\nThe down-side to using GCN instead of INTEGRAL-direct is an increase\nin the time delay. But this is small: 0.5-1.0 sec added onto the nominal\n1-2 min delay already from the INTEGRAL data telemetry & processing system.\n\nTEST NOTICES:\nIn addition to the 5 basic GCN/INTEGRAL types, Test Notice versions of each\ntype are also available (via sockets, email, pagers, etc). These Test Notices\nare available immediately (even prior to launch). They are issued every hour.\nSocket sites may wish to subscribe to these Test packets to develope\ntheir operations wrt to INTEGRAL prior to the October launch.\n\nFORMATS:\nFor the sockets sites, the table below shows the content & format\nof the 5 GCN/INTEGRAL packets. For the complete details of these packets,\nplease see the \"Socket Packet Definition\" document:\nhttp://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/sock_pkt_def_doc.html\n\nThe 5 Notices in e-mail format are shown below; plus a couple of pager and\nshort-pager formats are also shown. The rest can be found at:\nhttp://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/integral.html\n\nACTION ITEM:\nSites wishing to have these GCN/INTEGRAL Notices added to their sites's\nconfiguration need to send an email to scott@lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov.\nPlease be sure to identify the site_name in your request (or at least \nsome piece of information that will help me identify you from the other 240+\nsites in the configuration file). New sites are always welcome; and you\ncan learn about GCN and answer the 13 questions needed to create a new entry\nat http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/invitation.html.\n\nSincerely,\nScott Barthelmy\nGCN Operations\nNASA-GSFC\n301-286-3106\n\n\n\n\nType: 51 52 53 54 55\n INTEGRAL_ INTEGRAL_ INTEGRAL_ INTEGRAL_ INTEGRAL_\n POINTDIR SPIACS WAKEUP REFINED OFFLINE\nLoc:\n0 pkt_type pkt_type pkt_type pkt_type pkt_type\n1 pkt_sernum pkt_sernum pkt_sernum pkt_sernum pkt_sernum\n2 pkt_hopcnt pkt_hopcnt pkt_hopcnt pkt_hopcnt pkt_hopcnt\n3 pkt_sod pkt_sod pkt_sod pkt_sod pkt_sod\n4 trig_sub_num trig_sub_num trig_sub_num trig_sub_num trig_sub_num\n5 slew_tjd burst_tjd burst_tjd burst_tjd burst_tjd\n6 slew_sod burst_sod burst_sod burst_sod burst_sod\n7 - - burst_ra burst_ra burst_ra\n8 - - burst_dec burst_dec burst_dec\n9 - det_flags det_flags det_flags det_flags\n10 - inten_sigma inten_sigma inten_sigma inten_sigma\n11 - - burst_error burst_error burst_error\n12 test_mpos test_mpos test_mpos test_mpos test_mpos\n13 - time_scale time_scale time_scale time_scale\n14 next_sc_ra - sc_ra sc_ra sc_ra\n15 next_sc_dec - sc_dec sc_dec sc_dec\n16 - time_error time_error time_error time_error\n17 - - - - -\n18 - - - - -\n19 misc_att misc_att misc_att misc_att misc_att\n20-38 - - - - -\n39 pkt_term pkt_term pkt_term pkt_term pkt_term\n\n\n===========================================================================\nTITLE: GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE\nNOTICE_DATE: Sun 01 Sep 02 18:08:03 UT\nNOTICE_TYPE: INTEGRAL Wakeup\nTRIGGER_NUM: 0, Sub_Num: 0 \nGRB_RA: 1.2037d {+00h 04m 49s} (J2000),\n 1.2343d {+00h 04m 56s} (current),\n 0.5630d {+00h 02m 15s} (1950)\nGRB_DEC: +2.3323d {+02d 19' 56\"} (J2000),\n +2.3456d {+02d 20' 44\"} (current),\n +2.0539d {+02d 03' 14\"} (1950)\nGRB_ERROR: 1.02 [armin, radius, statistical only]\nGRB_INTEN: 11.34 [sigma]\nGRB_TIME: 43403.68 SOD {12:03:23.68} UT\nGRB_DATE: 12417 TJD; 143 DOY; 02/05/23\nSC_RA: 1.46 [deg]\nSC_DEC: 2.48 [deg]\nSUN_POSTN: 60.11d {+04h 00m 27s} +20.60d {+20d 35' 60\"}\nSUN_DIST: 60.14 [deg]\nMOON_POSTN: 201.73d {+13h 26m 56s} -4.51d {-04d 30' 47\"}\nMOON_DIST: 159.43 [deg]\nGAL_COORDS: 100.23,-58.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst\nECL_COORDS: 2.03, 1.66 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst\nCOMMENTS: INTEGRAL GRB Coordinates.\n===========================================================================\nGCN/INTEGRAL GRB\nWakeup\nRA=1.234d DEC=+2.346d\nTIME: 12:03:23.68 UT\nI=11.34 sigma\n===========================================================================\nINTEGRAL\nWakeup\nRA=0.563 DEC=+2.054d\n===========================================================================\nTITLE: GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE\nNOTICE_DATE: Sun 01 Sep 02 18:08:07 UT\nNOTICE_TYPE: INTEGRAL Refined\nTRIGGER_NUM: 0, Sub_Num: 0\nGRB_RA: 1.2037d {+00h 04m 49s} (J2000),\n 1.2343d {+00h 04m 56s} (current),\n 0.5630d {+00h 02m 15s} (1950)\nGRB_DEC: +2.3323d {+02d 19' 56\"} (J2000),\n +2.3456d {+02d 20' 44\"} (current),\n +2.0539d {+02d 03' 14\"} (1950)\nGRB_ERROR: 1.02 [armin, radius, statistical only]\nGRB_INTEN: 11.34 [sigma]\nGRB_TIME: 43403.68 SOD {12:03:23.68} UT\nGRB_DATE: 12417 TJD; 143 DOY; 02/05/23\nSC_RA: 1.46 [deg]\nSC_DEC: 2.48 [deg]\nSUN_POSTN: 60.11d {+04h 00m 27s} +20.60d {+20d 35' 60\"}\nSUN_DIST: 60.14 [deg]\nMOON_POSTN: 201.73d {+13h 26m 56s} -4.51d {-04d 30' 47\"}\nMOON_DIST: 159.43 [deg]\nGAL_COORDS: 100.23,-58.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst\nECL_COORDS: 2.03, 1.66 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst\nCOMMENTS: INTEGRAL GRB Coordinates.\n===========================================================================\nTITLE: GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE\nNOTICE_DATE: Sun 01 Sep 02 18:08:09 UT\nNOTICE_TYPE: INTEGRAL Offline\nTRIGGER_NUM: 234, Sub_Num: 0 \nGRB_RA: 1.2037d {+00h 04m 49s} (J2000),\n 1.2343d {+00h 04m 56s} (current),\n 0.5630d {+00h 02m 15s} (1950)\nGRB_DEC: +2.3323d {+02d 19' 56\"} (J2000),\n +2.3456d {+02d 20' 44\"} (current),\n +2.0539d {+02d 03' 14\"} (1950)\nGRB_ERROR: 1.02 [armin, radius, statistical only]\nGRB_INTEN: 11.34 [sigma]\nGRB_TIME: 43403.68 SOD {12:03:23.68} UT\nGRB_DATE: 12417 TJD; 143 DOY; 02/05/23\nSC_RA: 1.46 [deg]\nSC_DEC: 2.48 [deg]\nSUN_POSTN: 60.11d {+04h 00m 27s} +20.60d {+20d 35' 60\"}\nSUN_DIST: 60.14 [deg]\nMOON_POSTN: 201.73d {+13h 26m 56s} -4.51d {-04d 30' 47\"}\nMOON_DIST: 159.43 [deg]\nGAL_COORDS: 100.23,-58.47 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst\nECL_COORDS: 2.03, 1.66 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst\nCOMMENTS: INTEGRAL GRB Coordinates.\n=========================================================================== \nTITLE: GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE\nNOTICE_DATE: Mon 02 Sep 02 18:08:01 UT\nNOTICE_TYPE: INTEGRAL Pointing Direction\nNEXT_POINT_RA: 3.9584d {+00h 15m 50s} (J2000)\nNEXT_POINT_DEC: -2.4058d {-02d 24' 20\"} (J2000)\nSLEW_TIME: 43556.08 SOD {12:05:56.08} UT\nSLEW_DATE: 12417 TJD; 143 DOY; 02/05/23\nSUN_POSTN: 60.11d {+04h 00m 27s} +20.60d {+20d 36' 01\"}\nSUN_DIST: 59.56 [deg]\nMOON_POSTN: 201.76d {+13h 27m 02s} -4.52d {-04d 31' 26\"}\nMOON_DIST: 160.95 [deg]\nGAL_COORDS: 102.40,-63.85 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction\nECL_COORDS: 2.68, -3.78 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction\nCOMMENTS: INTEGRAL TEST Slew Notice. \n=========================================================================== \nTITLE: GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE\nNOTICE_DATE: Sun 01 Sep 02 18:08:05 UT\nNOTICE_TYPE: INTEGRAL SPI ACS Trigger\nTRIGGER_NUM: 0, Sub_Num: 0 \nGRB_INTEN: 11.34 [sigma]\nGRB_TIME: 43403.68 SOD {12:03:23.68} UT\nGRB_DATE: 12417 TJD; 143 DOY; 02/05/23\nCOMMENTS: INTEGRAL SPI_ACS GRB Trigger.\n===========================================================================", "circularId": 1529, "createdOn": 1031014383000, "email": "scott@lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov", "subject": "INTEGRAL GRBs added to GCN", "submitter": "Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC " }