GCN Circular 42109
Subject
GRB 251002A: Insight-HXMT detection
Event
Date
2025-10-05T06:33:10Z (4 days ago)
From
xueyuan zao <zaoxueyuan@gmail.com>
Via
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Xue-Yuan Zao, Zheng-Hang Yu, Cheng-Kui Li, Shao-Lin Xiong, and Chao Zheng report on behalf of the Insight-HXMT team:
At 2025-10-02T20:14:52.800 (T0), Insight-HXMT/HE detected a long burst GRB 251002A, which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Jacob Smith et al., GCN #42093) and SVOM/ECLAIRs (A. Saccardi et al., GCN #42060).
The Insight-HXMT/HE light curve mainly consists of multiple pulses with a T90 of 13.8 +2.3/-3.1 s. The 1s peak rate, measured from T0+6.050 s, is 1080 cnts/sec. The total counts from this burst is 4528 counts.
The HXMT/HE light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/hxmtgrb251002A.png
All measurements above are made with the CsI detectors operating in the regular mode with the energy range of about 30-1000 keV (deposited energy). Only gamma-rays with energy greater than about 200 keV can penetrate the spacecraft and leave signals in the CsI detectors installed inside of the telescope.
Insight-HXMT is the first Chinese space X-ray telescope, which was funded jointly by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). More information about it could be found at: http://www.hxmt.org.