GRB 260510D
GCN Circular 44581
Subject
GRB 260510D: Glowbug gamma-ray detection of a likely short burst
Date
2026-05-12T14:39:43Z (13 days ago)
From
C.C. Cheung at Naval Research Lab <Teddy.Cheung@nrl.navy.mil>
Via
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C.C. Cheung, R. Woolf, M. Kerr, J.E. Grove (NRL), A. Goldstein (USRA), C.A. Wilson-Hodge, D. Kocevski (MSFC), and M.S. Briggs (UAH) report:
The Glowbug gamma-ray telescope [1,2,3], operating on the International Space Station, reports the detection of the likely short burst GRB 260510D, which was detected by Fermi/GBM (GCN 44523).
Using an adaptive window with a resolution of 32-ms, the burst onset is determined to be 2026-05-10 20:38:07.656 with a duration of 0.13 s and a total significance of about 9.7 sigma. The lightcurve comprises a single peak.
The analysis results presented here are preliminary and use a response function that lacks a detailed characterization of the surrounding passive structure of the ISS.
Glowbug is a NASA-funded technology demonstrator for sensitive, low-cost gamma-ray transient telescopes developed, built, and operated by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with support from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, USRA, and NASA MSFC. It was launched on 2023 March 15 aboard the Department of Defense Space Test Program’s STP-H9 to the ISS and operated until 2024 April when it was put in safe storage on orbit. Glowbug was removed from storage and resumed operation on 2025 September 12.
[1] Grove, J.E. et al. 2020, Proc. Yamada Conf. LXXI, arXiv:2009.11959
[2] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12181, id. 121811O
[3] Woolf, R.S. et al. 2024, Proc. SPIE, 13151, id. 1315108
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GCN Circular 44523
Subject
GRB 260510D: Fermi GBM Final Real-time Localization
Date
2026-05-10T20:48:45Z (15 days ago)
From
Fermi GBM Team at MSFC/Fermi-GBM <do_not_reply@GIOC.nsstc.nasa.gov>
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The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely SHORT GRB
At 20:38:08 UT on 10 May 2026, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 260510D (trigger 800138293.771294 / 260510860).
The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 3.0, Dec = 37.4 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 00h 12m, 37d 23'), with a statistical uncertainty of 13.9 degrees.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 61.0 degrees.
The skymap can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260510860/quicklook/glg_skymap_all_bn260510860.png
The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260510860/quicklook/glg_healpix_all_bn260510860.fit
The GBM light curve can be found here:
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2026/bn260510860/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn260510860.gif