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GCN Circular 19543

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 487974449/160618852 is not a GRB
Date
2016-06-19T00:35:08Z (8 years ago)
From
Matthew Stanbro at UAH/Fermi <mcs0001@uah.edu>
M. Stanbro (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 487974449/160618852
at 20:27:25.80 UT on 18 June 2016, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a SGR."
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