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GCN Circular 8898

Subject
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 255729682 is not a GRB
Date
2009-02-09T21:58:27Z (17 years ago)
From
Narayana Bhat at U Alabama/Huntsville/GBM <Narayana.Bhat@nasa.gov>
P. N. Bhat (UAH)
reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 255729682 at
20:01:20.03 UT on 07 February 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to
SGR 1547-5408."
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