Skip to main content
Introducing Einstein Probe, Astro Flavored Markdown, and Notices Schema v4.0.0. See news and announcements

GCN Circular 18026

Subject
Fermi GBM triggers bn150715759 and bn150715817 are not due to GRBs
Date
2015-07-16T04:17:59Z (9 years ago)
From
George A. Younes at George Washington U <gyounes@email.gwu.edu>
G. Younes (GWU) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggers bn150715759 and bn150715817
at 18:12:38.09 and 19:36:22.35 UT on 15 July 2015, respectively,
tentatively classified as GRBs,
are in fact not due to GRBs. These two triggers are due to magnetar 1E
1841-045."
Questions or comments?
Contact GCN directly.
Have you found a bug in GCN?
Open an issue.
Want to contribute code to GCN?
Get involved on GitHub.

gcn.nasa.gov

A service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Looking for U.S. government information and services? Visit USA.gov