[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 090126: SuperAGILE Localization of a Long GRB

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8852
SUBJECT: GRB 090126: SuperAGILE Localization of a Long GRB
DATE:    09/01/26 08:35:37 GMT
FROM:    Marco Feroci at IASF/INAF  <feroci at iasf-roma.inaf.it>

Y. Evangelista, E. Del Monte, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, F. Lazzarotto, L. 
Pacciani, P. Soffitta, E. Costa, I. Lapshov, M. Rapisarda (INAF/IASF 
Rome), A. Giuliani, S. Vercellone, A. Chen, S. Mereghetti, A. Pellizzoni, 
F. Perotti, P. Caraveo (INAF/IASF Milan), A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, M. 
Trifoglio, G. Di Cocco, C. Labanti, F. Fuschino, M. Marisaldi, M. Galli, 
(INAF/IASF Bologna), M. Tavani, G. Pucella, F. D'Ammando, V. Vittorini, A. 
Argan, A. Trois, G. Piano, S. Sabatini (INAF/IASF Rome), G. Barbiellini, 
F. Longo E. Moretti (INFN Trieste), P. Picozza, A. Morselli (INFN Roma-2), 
M. Prest, E. Vallazza (Universita` dell'Insubria), P. Lipari, D. Zanello 
(INFN Roma-1), and P. Giommi, C. Pittori, B. Preger, P. Santolamazza, F. 
Verrecchia (ASDC) and L. Salotti (ASI), on behalf of the AGILE Team, 
report:

"SuperAGILE detected a gamma ray burst on 26 January 2009, at 02:01:15 UT.
The event had a duration of about 60 s in the 20-60 keV energy range,
with a structure composed of two separated main peaks. Assuming a 
Crab-like energy spectrum, the peak flux on 1-s timescale was 1.5E-07 
erg/cm2/s.
The burst position was reconstructed  as (RA, Dec)
(3.848 deg, 81.365 deg), which is:

RA(J2000)  = 00h 15m 23.50s
Dec(J2000) = 81d 21' 53.78"

with an uncertainty of 3' radius. The given uncertainty accounts
for both the statistical and systematic errors.

An analysis of the AGILE Gamma Ray Imager (GRID) data is in progress."

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