GCN Circular 41297
Subject
GRB 250808A: SVOM detection of a long burst
Event
Date
2025-08-08T19:01:27Z (22 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
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D. Adrien, D. Turpin, N. Dagoneau (CEA), S. Guillot (IRAP), report on behalf of the SVOM mission team:
At 2025-08-08T18:25:49 UTC (T0), SVOM/ECLAIRs triggered and located the gamma-ray burst GRB 250808A (SVOM burst-id sb25080803).
The following trigger information was received on the ground with low latency by the SVOM VHF Alert Network.
The burst was only detected by the Image Trigger (IMT), which produced a sequence of 2 alerts. IMT provided the alert with the best signal-to-noise-ratio in the image (SNR) of 7.44 in the [5-20] keV energy band over a time window of 163.84 seconds starting at 2025-08-08T18:23:46.
The localization of the best alert is R.A., Dec. 63.5525, -22.9041 degrees:
R.A. (J2000) = 4h14m12.61s
Dec. (J2000) = -22d54m14.75s
with a 90% confidence level (C.L.) radius of 10.55 arcmin (including systematic error of 2 arcmin added in quadrature).
The time and position are consistent with the Fermi/GBM GRB 250808A (Fermi GBM, GCN 41296).
This burst was also detected by SVOM/GRM with a significance of 8.20.
Due to the detection significance being below the slew threshold, no immediate slew was performed on this burst.
No X-ray observation could be performed by SVOM/MXT for the time being.No optical observation could be performed by SVOM/VT for the time being.
The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), French Space Agency (CNES), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. SVOM/ECLAIRs was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IRAP, CNRS-APC. SVOM/GRM was developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS. SVOM/MXT was developed jointly by CNES, CEA-IRFU, CNRS-IJCLab, University of Leicester, MPE.
The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is Dylan ADRIEN: dylan.adrien@cea.fr.
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information.