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GRB 251013A

GCN Circular 42569

Subject
GRB 251013A: 7DT detection and Medium-band SED of Afterglow
Date
2025-11-04T06:14:11Z (9 hours ago)
From
YoungPyo Hong at Seoul National University <evan77333@gmail.com>
Via
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YoungPyo Hong (SNU ARC/SNU), Donggeun Tak (SNU ARC/SNU), Myungshin Im (SNU ARC/SNU), Hyeonho Choi (SNU ARC/SNU), Seo-Won Chang (SNU ARC/SNU), and Ji Hoon Kim (SNU ARC/SNU) report on behalf of the 7-Dimensional Sky Survey team:

At 2025-10-14T00:02:30 UTC (about 6 hours after the GRB), we observed the optical counterpart of GRB 251013C (Fermi GBM team GCN 42221, Rakotondrainibe et al. GCN 42222), first reported by SVOM/VT (Palmerio et al. GCN 42223) using 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT) at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Observations were made with 10 7DT units in g, r, i-band and 14 medium-band filters, in which the numeric values indicate their central wavelengths in nanometers. Each medium-band filter has a bandwidth of 25nm.

The counterpart was detected at the following position:
RA(J2000) = 345.8356 (deg) / 23h03m20.54s
RA(J2000) = -0.2103 (deg) / -00°12'37.08"

We report our photometry result with 14 medium-band and g, r, i band filters:

Filter        Mag          Mag_err   Exposure          Date Time                        T-T0   
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
g	        18.11	     0.02      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:06:00	    6:15:48
r	        17.77	     0.02      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:12:58	    6:22:46
i	        17.55	     0.05      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:06:10	    6:15:59
m400	18.34	     0.08      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:12:53	    6:22:42
m425	18.29	     0.05      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:13:00            6:22:49
m450	18.00 	     0.04      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:05:55            6:15:43
m475	18.04	     0.03      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:12:53	    6:22:42
m500	18.07	     0.04      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:13:40	    6:23:28
m525	17.98           0.04      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:12:54	            6:22:43
m550	17.88	     0.04      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:13:00	    6:22:49
m575	17.85	     0.05      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:06:19	    6:16:07
m600	17.86 	     0.07      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:06:16            6:16:05
m625	17.64	     0.08      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:06:03	    6:15:52
m650	17.57	     0.07      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:05:54	    6:15:42
m675	17.73	     0.05      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:13:29	    6:23:17
m700	17.58	     0.06      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:05:57	    6:15:46
m750	17.41	     0.09      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:05:51             6:15:40
m750	17.36	     0.08      3x100s    2025-10-14T00:13:41	    6:23:30

Photometric flux calibration was performed using synthetic photometry based on the Gaia DR3 XP catalog (Gaia Collaboration et al. 2022) within the AB magnitude system. This is based on preliminary photometry, and no extinction correction has been applied.

The 7-Dimensional Telescope (7DT), located in Chile and comprising 20 wide-field telescopes equipped with 40 medium-bandwidth (~25nm) filters, aims to detect optical counterparts of GW sources and conduct the 7-Dimensional Sky Survey (7DS) of the Southern Hemisphere. Further information about the 7DT is available at [http://7ds.snu.ac.kr/](http://7ds.snu.ac.kr/).


GCN Circular 42252

Subject
GRB 251013A: CALET Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor detection
Date
2025-10-14T11:06:25Z (21 days ago)
From
Yuta Kawakubo at Aoyama Gakuin University <kawakubo@phys.aoyama.ac.jp>
Via
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S. Sugita, A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kawakubo (AGU),
K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U), S. Nakahira (JAXA), Y. Asaoka (ICRR), S. Torii,
Y. Akaike, K. Kobayashi (Waseda U), Y. Shimizu, T. Tamura (Kanagawa U),
N. Cannady (GSFC/UMBC), M. L. Cherry (LSU), S. Ricciarini (U of Florence),
P. S. Marrocchesi (U of Siena),
and the CALET collaboration:

The GRB 251013A (Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization: Fermi GBM team, GCN Circ. 42213;
SVOM/GRM observation: Wang et al., GCN Circ. 42218) triggered the CALET Gamma-ray
Burst Monitor (CGBM) at 08:04:04.90 UTC on 13 October 2025
(https://cgbm.calet.jp/cgbm_trigger/flight/1444377382/index.html).
The burst signal was seen by only the SGM detector. 

The burst light curve shows a single pulse that starts
at T+0.55 sec, peaks at T+1.32 sec, and ends at T+1.85 sec.
The T90 and T50 durations measured by the SGM data are 1.20 +/- 0.16 sec
and 0.50 +/- 0.11 sec (40-1000 keV), respectively.

The ground-processed light curve is available at

https://cgbm.calet.jp/cgbm_trigger/ground/1444377382/

The CALET data used in this analysis are provided by
the Waseda CALET Operation Center located at Waseda University.

GCN Circular 42218

Subject
GRB 251013A: SVOM/GRM observation
Date
2025-10-13T15:18:58Z (22 days ago)
From
Yue Wang <m18509381757@163.com>
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SVOM/GRM team: Yue Wang, Chen-Wei Wang, Wen-Jun Tan, Shi-Jie Zheng, Yue Huang, Shao-Lin Xiong, Shuang-Nan Zhang (IHEP)

SVOM/ECLAIRs team: Stéphane Schanne (CEA), Hui Yang (IRAP)

Report on behalf of the SVOM team:

SVOM/GRM was triggered both in-flight by GRB 251013A (SVOM trigger reference: sb25101308) at 2025-10-13T08:04:05.800 (T0), which is also detected by Fermi/GBM (Fermi GBM Team, GCN #42213). 

With the event-by-event data downloaded through the X-band ground station, the GRM light curve shows that this burst consists of a single pulse with a T90 of 3.5 +0.9/-0.6 s in the 15-5000 keV band.

The SVOM/GRM light curve can be found here:
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb251013A.png

In addition, the position of this burst, as determined by Fermi/GBM (RA=19.9, DEC=-1.6, GCN #42213), is located at about 57 degrees from the SVOM optical axis, which is outside the ECLAIRs field of view. Marginal signal seen by ECLAIRs through the shields

With this localization, the time-averaged spectrum from T0-2 to T0+4 s is best fitted by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -0.68 +0.13/-0.13 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 142 +15/-12 keV. The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (2.96 +0.19/-0.17)E-06 erg/cm^2. 

The localization of GRB 251013A in the 'Amati' relation diagram is shown at: 
https://www.bursthub.cn//admin/static/svgrb251013A_amati.png

The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. GRM is developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) of CAS.

The SVOM/GRM point of contact for this burst is: Yue Wang (IHEP) (yuewang@ihep.ac.cn)

GCN Circular 42214

Subject
Fermi GRB 251013A: Global MASTER-Net observations report
Date
2025-10-13T08:30:31Z (22 days ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <lipunov@xray.sai.msu.ru>
Via
email
V.Lipunov, E.Gorbovskoy, A.Kuznetsov, K.Zhirkov, I.Panchenko, N.Tiurina, P.Balanutsa, V.Topolev, D.Vlasenko, 
G.Antipov,  A.Sankovich, Yu.Tselik, Ya.Kechin, V.Senik, A.Chasovnikov, K.Labsina, I. Gorbunov (Lomonosov MSU),
O.Gress, N.Budnev (ISU),
C.Francile,  F. Podesta, R.Podesta, E. Gonzalez  (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA),
A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory),
A.Sosnovskij (CrAO),
A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational StateUniversity),
D.Buckley (SAAO),
R.Rebolo (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias),
L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez, J.Martinez,
A.R.Corella, L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Observatory) 

MASTER-OAFA robotic telescope  (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L)  located in Argentina (OAFA observatory of San Juan National University) started inspect of the Fermi GRB 251013A ( Fermi GBM team, GCN 42213) errorbox  544 sec after notice time and 582 sec after trigger time at 2025-10-13 08:13:47 UT, with upper limit up to  19.4 mag. The observations began at zenith distance = 61 deg. The sun  altitude  is -22.2 deg. 

The galactic latitude b = -63 deg., longitude l = 140 deg.


Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here: 
https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=3013630

We obtain a following upper limits.  

Tmid-T0  |      Date Time      |          Site       |             Coord (J2000)          |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment
_________|_____________________|_____________________|____________________________________|_____|_______|_______|________

     642 | 2025-10-13 08:13:47 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.37s , -01d 28m 39.3s) |   C |   120 | 19.1 |        
     778 | 2025-10-13 08:15:53 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.37s , -01d 28m 38.7s) |   C |   140 | 19.3 |        
     940 | 2025-10-13 08:18:19 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.39s , -01d 28m 38.6s) |   C |   170 | 19.4 |        
    1061 | 2025-10-13 08:21:15 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.42s , -01d 28m 38.7s) |   C |    60 | 19.0 |        
    1126 | 2025-10-13 08:22:21 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.43s , -01d 28m 38.9s) |   C |    60 | 18.9 |        
    1191 | 2025-10-13 08:23:26 |         MASTER-OAFA | (01h 20m 06.45s , -01d 28m 38.8s) |   C |    60 | 18.9 |        
Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band. 


The observation and reduction will continue. 
The message may be cited.


GCN Circular 42213

Subject
GRB 251013A: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
Date
2025-10-13T08:14:36Z (22 days ago)
From
Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply@GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov>
Via
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The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB

At 08:04:05 UT on 13 Oct 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 251013A (trigger 782035450.15137 / 251013336).

The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 19.9, Dec = -1.6 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 01h 19m, -1d 36'), with a statistical uncertainty of 2.6 degrees.

The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 95.0 degrees.

The skymap can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251013336/quicklook/glg_skymap_all_bn251013336.png

The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251013336/quicklook/glg_healpix_all_bn251013336.fit

The GBM light curve can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn251013336/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn251013336.gif


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