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

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