GCN Circular 36108
Subject
GRB 240415A: Swift detection of a burst
Date
2024-04-15T07:14:36Z (6 months ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
Via
email
M. J. Moss (GSFC), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and D. M. Palmer (LANL)
report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 06:26:53 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 240415A (trigger=1221874). Due to a telemetry gap, only
limited information is available, specifically the detector plane
histogram and associated metadata. Ground analysis of this histogram
finds a source at
RA, Dec 129.128, +73.169 which is
RA(J2000) = 08h 36m 31s
Dec(J2000) = +73d 10' 08"
The metadata indicates a trigger duration of 1 s, which does not distinguish
between a short or a long burst.
We note that this trigger time and position is consistent with Fermi GBM's
detection of GRB 240415A (GCN 36107).
Burst Advocate for this burst is M. J. Moss (mikejmoss3 AT gmail.com).
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information
regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after
trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see
Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/)