[AAVSO-HEN] Swift-BAT trigger 296491 is not a GRB

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Mon Nov 12 18:38:19 EST 2007


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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7068
SUBJECT: Swift-BAT trigger 296491 is not a GRB
DATE:    07/11/12 23:37:57 GMT
FROM:    Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC  <scott at lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov>

J. Cummings (GSFC/ORAU), C.B. Markwardt (CRESST/GSFC/UMD), S.D. Barthelmy (GSFC)
on behalf of the Swift-BAT team:

The Swift-BAT trigger (trigger=296491) at 14:51:39 UT on 12 Nov 07,
tentatively labelled GRB 071112A (GCN 7057, Stratta et al.),
is not due to a GRB or any other astrophysical source.  This trigger
is due to a noisy detector.



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