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GCN Circulars

GCN Circulars are rapid astronomical bulletins submitted by and distributed to community members worldwide. They are used to share discoveries, observations, quantitative near-term predictions, requests for follow-up observations, or future observing plans related to high-energy, multi-messenger, and variable or transient astrophysical events. See the documentation for help with subscribing to or submitting Circulars.

Search for Circulars by submitter, subject, or body text (e.g. 'Fermi GRB').
To navigate to a specific circular, enter the associated Circular ID (e.g. 'gcn123', 'Circular 123', or '123').
Advanced Search

To narrow the search results, use advanced search syntax. This allows for specifying which circular field to search (submitter, subject, and/or body). For additional information, refer to the advanced search documentation.

Advanced Search Examples (click to copy):

subject:"Swift"
body:"GRB"
submitter:"Judith Racusin"

1005 results found.

  1. IPN Summary of SGR1806-20 Activity in 2004
  2. GRB020305, optical observations
  3. GRB011130 (=XRF011130): Further analysis of Chandra Target of
  4. GRB980703 optical photometry
  5. GRB980703 Transient Optical Follow-Up

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