GCN Circular 19895
Subject
Swift Trigger 711158 is not an astrophysical event
Date
2016-09-06T02:21:48Z (10 years ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), J. A. Kennea (PSU), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB),
D. M. Palmer (LANL) and B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) report on behalf
of the Swift Team:
At 02:08:23 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered
on residual sidelobes in the image produced by Vela X-1. This
does not represent significant astrophysical activity.