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GCN Circular 8860

Subject
IBAS Alert N. 5442 is not a GRB
Date
2009-01-29T14:41:11Z (15 years ago)
From
Diego Gotz at CEA <diego.gotz@cea.fr>
D. Gotz (CEA Saclay), on behalf of the IBAS Localization Team reports:

IBAS Alert N. 5442 is not due to a real GRB, but to a burst from the  
currently active AXP 1E 1547.0-5408. The burst origin was not  
automatically recognized due to wrong satellite attitude information.

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