GCN Circular 8376
Subject
Trigger 331721 Due to Swift startracker loss-of-lock
Date
2008-10-15T10:45:09Z (18 years ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
P. A. Evans (U Leicester), O. Godet (U Leicester),
S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), J. A. Kennea (PSU),
H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), N. P. M. Kuin (MSSL),
J. Mao (INAF-OAB), P. T. O'Brien (U Leicester),
K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
P. Romano (INAF-IASFPA), M. Stamatikos (NASA/ORAU),
E. Troja (INAF-IASFPA) and T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU) report on behalf
of the Swift Team:
At ~9:50 UT on 2008-10-15 the Swift star tracker lost lock.
As a result, a subsequent pointing could not correctly identify
a source in the the Field of View causing a spurious BAT
trigger (#331721). This is not a GRB.
Recovery operations are underway.