GCN Circular 17050
Subject
Swift Trigger 618134 is not an astrophysical event
Date
2014-11-10T03:54:09Z (11 years ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB),
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and T. N. Ukwatta (LANL)
report on behalf of the Swift Team:
At 03:43:55 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered
while there was a star tracker loss of lock. It mistakenly identified
Vela X-1 as a new source.