[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 255729682 is not a GRB

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Mon Feb 9 16:58:59 EST 2009


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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8898
SUBJECT: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor trigger 255729682 is not a GRB
DATE:    09/02/09 21:58:27 GMT
FROM:    Narayana Bhat at U Alabama/Huntsville/GBM  <Narayana.Bhat at nasa.gov>

P. N. Bhat (UAH)
reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 255729682 at
20:01:20.03 UT on 07 February 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB,
is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to
SGR 1547-5408."



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