[AAVSO-HEN] Fermi GBM trigger 090305784 is not a GRB
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TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 8940
SUBJECT: Fermi GBM trigger 090305784 is not a GRB
DATE: 09/03/06 16:26:52 GMT
FROM: Vandiver Chaplin at UAH/Fermi-GBM <chapliv at email.uah.edu>
V. Chaplin (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 257971733
(trigger id 090305784) at 18:48:51.68 UT
on 05 March 2009, tentatively classified as a GRB, is in fact not due
to a GRB. It appears that this trigger was caused by a background
fluctuation."
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