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GCN Circular 41770

Subject
GRB 250910A: SVOM/MXT possible afterglow detection
Date
2025-09-10T06:18:14Z (2 days ago)
From
Diego Gotz at CEA <diego.gotz@cea.fr>
Via
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D. Götz (CEA), C. Van Hove (IJCLab), M. Moita (CEA) F. Robinet (IJCLab), P. Maggi (ObAS), H. Goto (Kanazawa Univ./CEA), C. Plasse (CEA) , report of behalf of the SVOM/MXT Team:

GRB 250910A (Ma et al. GCN# 41769)  was observed by SVOM/MXT after an automatic SVOM slew, but due to Earth constraints the observation started at 2025-09-10T05:37:38, about 88 minutes after Tb. Using the on board automatic detection software, MXT detects a faint source at the coordinates

R.A. (J2000) = 02h39m18s, 
Dec (J2000) =  -39d39m39s

with a 90% C.L. radius of 2.5 arc min (including 25 arc sec systematic error added in quadrature). This position is at 2.8 arc min from the ECLAIRs position. At this time we cannot evaluate the variability of the source. We hence encourage follow-up with other X-ray facilities.

The Space 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. MXT was developed jointly by CEA, CNES, University of Leicester, IJCLab and MPE.

The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is Yinuo Ma: mayn@bao.ac.cn. Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information.


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