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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.

Search for Circulars by submitter, subject, or body text (e.g. 'Fermi GRB').
To navigate to a specific circular, enter the associated Circular ID (e.g. 'gcn123', 'Circular 123', or '123').
Advanced Search

To narrow the search results, use advanced search syntax. This allows for specifying which circular field to search (submitter, subject, and/or body). For additional information, refer to the advanced search documentation.

Advanced Search Examples (click to copy):

subject:"Swift"
body:"GRB"
submitter:"Judith Racusin"

6 results found.

  1. LIGO/Virgo S250119cv: Swift XRT observations, 5 X-ray sources
  2. LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250119cv: GLADEnet Completeness: Potential Host Galaxies in the 90% Credible Volume
  3. LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250119cv: Updated NED Galaxies in the Localization Volume
  4. LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250119cv: Updated Sky localization and EM Bright Classification
  5. LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250119cv: NED Galaxies in the Localization Volume
  6. LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA S250119cv: Identification of a GW compact binary merger candidate

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