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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.

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subject:"Swift"
body:"GRB"
submitter:"Judith Racusin"
  1. GRB 060927 : GAO 150cm telescope optical observation
  2. GRB060929: Swift-XRT refined analysis.
  3. GRB 060929, Swift-BAT further refined analysis - late-time flare
  4. GRB 060929: TNG K-band observations
  5. GRB 060929, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  6. GRB060929: Optical limit
  7. GRB 060929: BART observation
  8. GRB 060929: MASTER-VWF-Kislovodsk observations
  9. GRB 060929: BOOTES-IR & OSN observations
  10. Liverpool Telescope observations of GRB 060929
  11. GRB 060929: Swift detection of a burst
  12. GRB060908: optical observations
  13. GRB 060729: An update on the late-time Swift observations
  14. GRB 060927: Spectroscopic redshift z=5.6
  15. IBAS Alert n.3501: not a GRB
  16. IBAS Alert n.3500: not a GRB
  17. GRB060923C: optical limit
  18. GRB060927: optical observations
  19. test of new software, grb
  20. GRB 060926: Swift-UVOT UVW1 Detection Retraction
  21. GRB 060927: pseudo-z from spectral parameters of the prompt emission
  22. GRB 060927: Swift/UVOT Optical Observations
  23. GRB 060927: Early color
  24. GRB 060927: Swift XRT Team refined analysis
  25. GRB 060927 optical limit
  26. GRB 060927, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  27. GRB 060927: Xinglong TNT optical observations
  28. GRB060926: improved redshift
  29. GRB 060927, optical observation
  30. GRB 060927: Possible host galaxy (star?) in the SDSS
  31. GRB 060927 : Kiso optical observation
  32. GRB060927: Faulkes Telescope South observation
  33. GRB 060926: MASTER: first minutes decay
  34. GRB060927 - SDSS Pre-Burst Observations
  35. GRB 060927: optical afterglow confirmation
  36. GRB 060927A: ROTSE-III Detection of Optical Counterpart
  37. Swift XRT boresight
  38. GRB 060927: Swift detection of a burst
  39. GRB060926: VLT redshift
  40. GRB 060926: Swift-UVOT Detections
  41. GRB 060923A: Schedule of Spitzer Space Telescope Observations
  42. GRB 060926: OPTIMA-Burst -- further observations
  43. GRB 060926: Swift XRT refined analysis
  44. GRB 060926, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  45. GRB 060923A: Radio Observations
  46. GRB 060926: MASTER OT alert observation
  47. GRB 060926: RTT150, UVOT afterglow candidate confirmation
  48. GRB 060912A: Redshift of probable host galaxy
  49. GRB 060926: BOOTES-IR observations
  50. GRB 060926: Watcher observations
  51. GRB060926 OPTIMA-Burst optical observation
  52. GRB 060926: MASTER optical observation
  53. GRB 060926: Swift detection of a burst
  54. GRB 060923C, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  55. GRB 060923C: VLA Observation
  56. GRB 060923C: NIR afterglow confirmed
  57. GRB060923C: AROMA optical obsevation
  58. GRB 060923C: Gemini Observations and Afterglow Candidate
  59. GRB 060923C, optical observation
  60. GRB 060923A: Gemini Second Epoch and Afterglow Confirmation
  61. GRB 060923C: VLT J-band observations
  62. GRB060923B: Swift/UVOT upper limits
  63. GRB 060923B: Swift XRT Refined Analysis
  64. GRB 060923C: Swift XRT refined analysis
  65. GRB 060923C, Swift-BAT partial refined analysis
  66. GRB 060923A: Swift XRT refined analysis
  67. GRB 060923C: Keck Observations
  68. GRB 060923A: Keck and Gemini Observations
  69. GRB 060923C: Xinglong TNT optical observations
  70. GRB 060923B, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  71. GRB060923C : Faulkes Telescope South optical limits
  72. GRB060923C: Faulkes Telescope North optical observations
  73. GRB 060923C: optical observation
  74. GRB 060923C: Swift detection of a burst
  75. GRB 060923B: Swift detection of a burst
  76. GRB 060923, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  77. GRB 060923: Early Super-LOTIS Observations
  78. GRB 060923: UKIRT nIR observations - candidate afterglow
  79. GRB060923: Faulkes Telescope North optical observations
  80. GRB060923 - SDSS Pre-Burst Observations
  81. GRB 060923: KAIT observations
  82. GRB 060923: Swift detection of a burst
  83. Swift detection of IGR J17497-2821 (trigger 230504)
  84. Swift detects a hard X-ray burst from AXP CXOU J164710.2-455216
  85. GRB060919: Swift/UVOT optical observations
  86. GRB 060919 : Faulkes South Telescope Observations
  87. GRB 060919, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  88. GRB060919: XRT refined analysis
  89. GRB 060919: TAROT optical observations
  90. GRB 060919: Swift detection of a burst
  91. GRB 060912A: VLA Observation
  92. GRB 060912A: Probable Host Galaxy
  93. IBAS Alert n.3470: not a GRB
  94. GRB060825: MAGIC telescope GeV observation
  95. Konus-Wind observation of GRB 060912
  96. IBAS Alert No.3468: not a GRB
  97. GRB 060912: Redshift of nearby 2MASS galaxy
  98. GRB060912: optical observations
  99. GRB 060912B: Watcher observations
  100. GRB060912: Swift/UVOT Observations

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