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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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  1. GRB 080205: MASTER optical observation
  2. GRB 080205: optical observation
  3. VLA radio upper limit on GRB 080205
  4. INT+WFC R-band observations of GRB 080205
  5. GRB 080205, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  6. IPN localization of very hard GRB 080204
  7. GRB 080205: Swift XRT refined analysis
  8. GRB 080205: OA evolution from KAIT observations
  9. GRB 080205: Swift/UVOT observations
  10. GRB 080205: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
  11. GRB 080205: KAIT OA detection
  12. GRB 080205: Swift detection of a burst
  13. Swift-BAT Trigger #302454, correction of GCN notice, update on AX J1749.1-2639
  14. GRB 080130: Swift-BAT refined analysis
  15. GRB 080130: further Swift XRT observations confirm fading source
  16. GRB 080129: Swift/UVOT Refined Upper Limits
  17. Swift/UVOT observations of GRB080130
  18. GRB 080130: REM NIR observations
  19. GRB 080130(?): Swift XRT observation
  20. GRB 080130?: Detection of a possible burst by BATSS
  21. GRB 080129: Optical observations from OSN
  22. GRB 080129: Swift-XRT refined analysis
  23. X-ray transient in NGC 2770: RTT150 optical observations
  24. GRB 080129: KAIT optical limits
  25. GRB 080123: Early afterglow detection with BATSS (BAT Slew Survey)
  26. GRB 080129: optical limit by Pi of the Sky
  27. GRB 080129, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  28. GRB 080129: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations
  29. GRB 080129: Gemini-South photometry
  30. GRB 080129: GROND detection in all bands, and fading
  31. GRB 080129: GROND detection of the optical/NIR afterglow, and fading
  32. GRB 080129: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
  33. GRB 080129: Gemini-South Imaging Observations
  34. GRB 080129: Swift XRT position
  35. GRB 080129 (?): UVOT Upper Limits
  36. GRB 080129 (?): Swift detection of a possible burst
  37. A new website of high-level data products for Swift GRBs
  38. GRB 080121: Upper limit on X-ray afterglow
  39. GRB 080123 : Suzaku WAM observation of the prompt emission
  40. Swift trigger(=301779) is not a GRB
  41. Transient 080109/SN 2008D: Spectroscopic Evolution
  42. GRB 080122: pseudo-z= 1.93 from prompt emission spectrum
  43. Konus-Wind observation of GRB 080122
  44. GRB 080122 : Suzaku WAM observation of the prompt emission
  45. GRB 080121: Swift/UVOT upper limits
  46. SNe 2008D and 2007uy: Chandra Detections
  47. GRB 080121 position was incorrect
  48. GRB 080121: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
  49. Two non-burst Swift SubThreshold triggers
  50. Transient 080109/SN 2008D: Spectroscopic Evolution and Re-Classification
  51. IPN triangulation of GRB080122
  52. GRB 080121: Nearby SDSS galaxies
  53. GRB 080121: Swift-BAT detection of a very weak, short burst
  54. GRB 080123: Swift-XRT refined analysis
  55. GRB 080123: Swift/UVOT refined analysis
  56. X-ray transient in NGC 2770: RTT150 optical observations
  57. GRB 080123, Swift-BAT refined analysis
  58. GRB 080123: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
  59. GRB 080123: Swift detection of a short burst
  60. GRB 080120: GROND confirmation of the optical afterglow
  61. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: GMRT radio observation at 1280 MHz
  62. VLA radio upper limit on GRB 080120
  63. GRB 080120: Swift-XRT refined analysis
  64. UVOT detection of GRB080120
  65. GRB 080120: GROND detection
  66. GRB 080120 : Planned XMM-Newton observation
  67. GRB080120: Swift XRT position
  68. GRB 080120: a long GRB detected by INTEGRAL
  69. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: 1.4 GHz WSRT Radio Observations
  70. Transient in NGC2770 / SN2008D: Metallicity of nearby HII regions
  71. Transient XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: Mount Abu NIR observations
  72. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: WSRT Radio Detection
  73. Transient 080109/ SN 2008D, metallicity of the host galaxy
  74. Transient 080109/ SN 2008D, IR Spectrum
  75. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: optical observations
  76. NGC 2770B has the same redshift as NGC 2770
  77. Swift UVOT Monitoring of the SN 2008D Brightening (Transient in NGC 2770)
  78. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: spectroscopic evolution
  79. XRF 080109 / SN 2008D: UKIRT JHK imaging
  80. optical observations, XRT in NGC 2770
  81. XRF 080109/SN 2008D: PROMPT Optical Imaging
  82. Gemini-South observations of XRF 080109 / SN 2008D
  83. Swift observations of the X-ray transient in NGC 2770 (aka SN2008D)
  84. Discovery of Radio Emission from Transient in NGC 2770
  85. XRF 080109 in NGC2770: NIR observations at TNG
  86. XRB 080109/SN 2008D: Early decline in brightness and change in colors
  87. XRB 080109/SN 2008D:PAIRITEL NIR observations and t_0 from Swift
  88. XRF 080109 in NGC2770: Detectable Superluminal Motion
  89. Detailed Spectroscopic ID of SN 2008D (Transient in NGC 2770)
  90. XRF in NGC 2770: Search for X-ray periodicity
  91. Spectroscopic classification of SN 2008D (Transient in NGC 2770)
  92. Refined Swift-XRT analysis of the transient in NGC 2770
  93. Transient in NGC 2770: spectroscopic evidence for a SN
  94. Refined Swift UVOT Analysis of SN 2008D (Transient in NGC 2770)
  95. Opticall follow-ups for the X-ray transient in NGC 2770
  96. X-ray transient in NGC 2770: Optical observations with Astrotel-Caucasus
  97. Optical Spectroscopy of the Transient in NGC 2770
  98. Swift UVOT Observations of the X-ray transient in NGC 2770
  99. Early OT detection of XRF in NGC 2770 in Asiago frames
  100. Bright X-ray transient / possible XRF in NGC 2770: TNG R imaging

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