{
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "submitter": "Motoko Serino at Aoyama Gakuin U. <serino@phys.aoyama.ac.jp>",
  "bibcode": "2023GCN.34544....1N",
  "createdOn": 1692930347486,
  "eventId": "GRB 230824A",
  "body": "H. Negoro (Nihon U.), M. Serino (AGU), M. Nakajima, K. Kobayashi, M. Tanaka, Y. Soejima, Y. Kudo (Nihon U.), \nT. Mihara, T. Kawamuro, S. Yamada, T. Tamagawa, N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN), \nT. Sakamoto, S. Sugita, H. Hiramatsu, H. Nishikawa, A. Yoshida (AGU), \nY. Tsuboi, S. Urabe, S. Nawa, N. Nemoto (Chuo U.), M. Shidatsu (Ehime U.), \nI. Takahashi, M. Niwano, S. Sato, N. Higuchi, Y. Yatsu (Tokyo Tech), \nS. Nakahira, S. Ueno, H. Tomida, M. Ishikawa, S. Ogawa, T. Kurihara (JAXA), \nY. Ueda, K. Setoguchi, T. Yoshitake, Y. Nakatani (Kyoto U.), \nM. Yamauchi, Y. Hagiwara, Y. Umeki, Y. Otsuki (Miyazaki U.), \nK. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.), Y. Kawakubo (LSU), M. Sugizaki (NAOC), and W. Iwakiri (Chiba U.) \nreport on behalf of the MAXI team:\n\n The MAXI/GSC has detected the hard X-ray transient  Swift J1727.8-1613 (GRB 230824A: \nGCN #34536, #34537) since the scan transit at 10:20 on 2023 August 24.\nThe source flux is increasing rapidly, reaching more than 2 Crab at 10-20 keV at 21:10 and\n22:44, which supports the possibility that the source is a Galactic transient, not a GRB \n(GCN #23540).\n The hard and rapid variations suggest that the source is a V404 Cyg like object.\nFollowup observations are highly encouraged. \nWe cross-post this report to the ATel and the GCN.",
  "circularId": 34544,
  "subject": "MAXI/GSC detection of Swift J1727.8-1613 (GRB 230824A)"
}