GCN Circular 40666
Subject
EP250610a: SVOM/VT optical upper limit
Date
2025-06-10T12:55:24Z (5 days ago)
From
Huali Li at at NAOC, SVOM <lhl@nao.cas.cn>
Via
Web form
Z. H. Yao, L. P. Xin, Y. L. Qiu, H. L. Li, C. Wu, X. H. Han, J. Wang, Y. Xu, P. P. Zhang, Y. N. Ma, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), J. Palmerio (CEA),Y. J. Zhang (THU), T. Y. Lian, H. Q. Cheng, C. C. Jin (NAO, CAS), Lin Lan (NAOC), Run-Chao Chen (NJU), Chen-Wei Wang, Wen-Jun Tan (IHEP) report on behalf of the SVOM and EP mission team:
SVOM performed a Target of Opportunity observation of EP250610a detected by EP/WXT (Zhang et al., GCN 40660). SVOM/VT began observing the field at 2025-06-10 06:16:38 UTC, 1.85 hours after the trigger, in the VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channels simultaneously.
No credible candidate was detected in our single or stacked images within the errorbox of EP/FXT (Zhang et al., GCN 40660) or Swift/XRT (Evans et al., GCN 40662 ), the three sigma limits are:
[date-obs|mid-time] | exposure time (s) | band | upper limit (AB)
----------- --------|-------------------|------|-----------------
2025-06-10T07:29:10 | 76×70 | VT_B | 23.93
2025-06-10T07:29:10 | 76×70 | VT_R | 23.45
The upper limit is consistent with reports (Schneider et al., GCN 40661, Brivio et al., GCN 40665).
Deeper or redder follow-ups are encouraged to investigate the nature of the transient。
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Centre for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC), CAS.