GCN Circular 4101
Subject
GRB051016 XMM-Newton observation
Event
Date
2005-10-16T17:11:36Z (20 years ago)
From
Norbert Schartel at XMM-Newton/ESA <too@xmm.vilspa.esa.es>
Nora Loiseau and Ricardo Perez-Martinez report:
Quick-Look-Analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the GRB051016
field based on an exposure in the EPIC pn camera that started at 13:46 UT,
shows the presence of a source at the SWIFT/XRT position (Boyd et al.,
GCN4096)
within XRT 8 arcsec radius uncertainty.
The estimated EPIC/pn net count rate for the first 5.9 ksec is 0.029
counts/sec.