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GCN Circular 34589

Subject
Swift Trigger 1188089 is not a GRB
Date
2023-08-29T06:38:32Z (a year ago)
From
K.L. Page at U Leicester <klp5@leicester.ac.uk>
Via
email

S. Dichiara (PSU) and K. L. Page (U Leicester) report on behalf of the
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:

Swift Trigger 1188089 (2023-08-29 06:12:48 UT) is not an astrophysical event. 
It is a spurious trigger due to a misidentification of the Crab during
a star tracker Loss-of-Lock event. 

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