GCN Circular 5419
Subject
GRB060806 = SGR1806-20
Date
2006-08-07T21:26:55Z (18 years ago)
From
Kevin Hurley at UCBerkeley/SSL <khurley@ssl.berkeley.edu>
K. Hurley, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, N. Gehrels, H. Krimm, D. M.
Smith, R. P. Lin, J. McTiernan, R. Schwartz, C. Wigger, W. Hajdas, A.
Zehnder, K.Yamaoka, M.Ohno, Y.Fukazawa, T.Takahashi, M.Tashiro, Y.
Terada, T.Murakami, K.Makishima, S. Golenetskii, E. Mazets, V.
Pal'shin, and D. Frederiks, report:
The position of GRB060806 (Hurley et al. GCN 5416) is consistent
with that of SGR1806-20, and the spectrum of this burst is soft.
Therefore the origin of this event is almost certainly SGR1806-20,
which has been active recently. This type of bursting behavior
appears to be unique, however, so observations at other wavelengths are
encouraged.