[AAVSO-HEN] BAT Trigger 318150 is not a GRB

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Sun Jul 27 13:54:46 EDT 2008


The following is a GCN Circular circulated via the AAVSO network.
For an archive and more information on circulars visit:
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/gamcosray/legr/bacodine/gcn3_archive.html

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8032
SUBJECT: BAT Trigger 318150 is not a GRB
DATE:    08/07/27 17:50:24 GMT
FROM:    David Palmer at LANL  <palmer at lanl.gov>

W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), P. A. Evans (U Leicester),
S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), E. A. Hoversten (PSU),
S. Immler (CRESST/GSFC/UMD), J. A. Kennea (PSU),
C. B. Markwardt (CRESST/GSFC/UMD), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC),
P. T. O'Brien (U Leicester), K. L. Page (U Leicester),
D. M. Palmer (LANL), A. M. Parsons (GSFC), D. Perez (U Leicester),
T. Sakamoto (NASA/UMBC) and R. L. C. Starling (U Leicester) report on
behalf of the Swift Team:

The Swift Trigger 318150 is not a GRB. 
It is due to onboard pointing problems causing
Sco X-1 to be misidentified. 
Recovery operations are proceeding. 



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