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GCN Circular 37037

Subject
GRB 240805A: A long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
Date
2024-08-05T08:35:37Z (2 months ago)
Edited On
2024-08-05T15:41:18Z (2 months ago)
From
Sandro Mereghetti at IASF-Milano/INAF <sandro.mereghetti@inaf.it>
Edited By
Vidushi Sharma at NASA GSFC/UMBC <vidushi.sharma@nasa.gov> on behalf of Sandro Mereghetti at IASF-Milano/INAF <sandro.mereghetti@inaf.it>
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S.Mereghetti (INAF, IASF-Milano), D.Gotz (CEA, Saclay), C.Ferrigno, E.Bozzo, V.Savchenko (ISDC, Versoix), L.Ducci (IAAT, Germany and ISDC, Versoix) and J.Borkowski (CAMK, Torun) report:

a gamma ray burst lasting about 40 s has been detected by IBAS in the  IBIS/ISGRI data at 02:02:20  UT of 2024 August 5.The burst was detected also by Fermi/GBM (GCN Circ. 37031) and Swift/BAT (GCN Circ. 37032).

The refined coordinates (J2000) are:
R.A.= 190.9054 deg
DEC.= -53.5962 deg
with an uncertainty of 1.5 arcmin (90% c.l.).

The burst light curve was affected by gaps due to telemetry saturation.

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