GCN Circular 45561
Subject
GRB 260913A: SVOM trigger sb26091302 is not an astrophysical event
Event
Date
2026-09-14T08:34:42Z (3 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
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M. Brunet (IRAP), S. Schanne (CEA), W.-J. Xie (NAOC), X. Tian (GXU), W.-L. Zhang (PMO), report on behalf of the SVOM mission team:
At 2026-09-13T07:38:21 SVOM issued an alert with burst-id: sb26091302.
The following circulars have been published regarding this event: GCN 45557, GCN 45558, GCN 45559, with the event labelled as GRB 260913A.
This event is not a GRB of astrophysical origin. After reprocessing the data with the full telemetry, this trigger is no longer considered as an astrophysical source but is due to coding noise from the Crab in the field of view.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The Burst Advocate (BA) on shift for this alert is Wenlong Zhang: wlzhang@pmo.ac.cn.
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information.