GCN Circular 44870
Subject
GRB 260608A: SVOM detection of a burst
Event
Date
2026-06-08T12:08:17Z (3 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
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M. Brunet, L. Bouchet (IRAP), C.-W. Wang (IHEP) D.-F. Kong (GXU) report on behalf of the SVOM mission team:
At 2026-06-08T11:35:32 UTC (T0), SVOM/ECLAIRs triggered and located the gamma-ray burst GRB 260608A (SVOM burst-id sb26060803), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (GCN 44868).
The following trigger information was received on the ground with low latency by the SVOM VHF Alert Network.
The burst was detected both by the Count-Rate Trigger (CRT) and the Image Trigger (IMT), which produced a sequence of 34 alerts. IMT provided the alert with the best signal-to-noise-ratio in the image (SNR) of 24.71 in the [8-120] keV energy band over a time window of 81.92 seconds starting at 2026-06-08T11:35:14.
The localization of the best alert is R.A., Dec. 81.3711, -48.3879 degrees:
R.A. (J2000) = 5h25m29.07s
Dec. (J2000) = -48d23m16.62s
with a 90% confidence level (C.L.) radius of 3.70 arcmin (including systematic error of 2 arcmin added in quadrature).
TThe SVOM/ECLAIRs light curve showed a multiple peak structure with a T90 duration of about 46.839 (-2.959 +3.411) s.
This burst was also detected by SVOM/GRM with a significance of 18.20.
The SVOM/GRM light curve showed a multiple peak structure with a T90 duration of about 53.73 (-2.457 +2.459) s.
The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb260608A.png
Due to Sun constraint, no X-ray observation could be performed by SVOM/MXT and 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 Chenwei Wang: cwwang@ihep.ac.cn
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information.