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GCN Circular 24389

Subject
LIGO/Virgo S190503bf: Insight-HXMT/HE observation
Date
2019-05-04T14:04:15Z (5 years ago)
From
QiBin Yi at IHEP, HXMT <yiqb@ihep.ac.cn>
Q. B. Yi, Q. Luo, C. Cai, S. Xiao, C. K. Li, X. B. Li, G. Li, J. Y. Liao, 
S. L. Xiong, C. Z. Liu, X. F. Li, Z. W. Li, Z. Chang, A. M. Zhang, 
Y. F. Zhang, X. F. Lu, C. L. Zou (IHEP), Y. J. Jin, 
Z. Zhang (THU), T. P. Li (IHEP/THU), F. J. Lu, L. M. Song, 
M. Wu, Y. P. Xu, S. N. Zhang (IHEP), 
report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:

Insight-HXMT was taking data normally around the GW trigger time(T0=2019-05-03 
18:54:04 UTC). However, at T0 only about 0.01% of the LIGO localization
region was covered by the Insight-HXMT without occultation by the Earth. Thus we 
cannot set upper limit on the impulsive emission for this GW event.

Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was 
fundedjointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and 
the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 
More information could be found at: http://www.hxmt.org.
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