GCN Circular 43060
Subject
GRB 251208A: AstroSat CZTI detection
Event
Date
2025-12-10T06:31:41Z (a day ago)
From
Anuraag Arya at IIT Bombay <aryaanuraag910@gmail.com>
Via
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A. Goyal (IITB), A. Arya (IITB), M. Tembhurnikar (IUCAA), S. Salunke (IUCAA), Harsha K. H. (IUCAA), G. Waratkar (Caltech/IITB), A. Vibhute (IUCAA), V. Bhalerao (IITB), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), A. R. Rao (IUCAA/TIFR), and S. Vadawale (PRL) report on behalf of the AstroSat CZTI collaboration:
Analysis of AstroSat CZTI data with the CIFT framework (Sharma et al., 2021, JApA, 42, 73) showed the detection of a short duration GRB 251208A which was also detected by Fermi GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN Circ. 43027), and SVOM/GRM (Wang et. al., GCN Circ. 43042).
The source was clearly detected in the CsI anticoincidence (Veto) detector in the 100-500 keV energy range. The light curve peaks at 2025-12-08 09:25:56.97 UTC. The measured peak count rate associated with the burst is 337 (+63, -72) counts/s above the background in the combined data of all quadrants, with a total of 526 (+239, -300) counts. The local mean background count rate was 1251 (+7, -6) counts/s. Due to the intrinsic 1 s binning of veto data, we cannot reliably estimate a T90 for this short burst.
The source was also faintly detected in the CZT detectors in the 20-200 keV energy range.
CZTI is built by a TIFR-led consortium of institutes across India, including VSSC, URSC, IUCAA, SAC, and PRL. The Indian Space Research Organisation funded, managed, and facilitated the project.
CZTI GRB detections are reported regularly on the payload site at:
http://astrosat.iucaa.in/czti/?q=grb