Gamma-ray burst
Fermi GBM bn261023397
Fermi GBM saw a flash of gamma rays that may not be a burst, located to within 35°.
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Each field explained
- Status
- Preliminary
An automatic notice sent within seconds to minutes. Later notices can refine its position, and astronomers' circulars follow.
- Significance
- Normal significance
Not on WarpLab's instant-alert list: a real notice, but rougher or less certain than the ones that are.
- Seen by
- Fermi GBM
The telescope or detector that sent the notice, through NASA's General Coordinates Network (GCN).
- Position on the sky
- RA 320.88°, Dec 38.12°, within 35°
Where on the sky it came from, and the radius of the circle it most likely lies in. The smaller the circle, the easier it is for telescopes to find it.
- Gamma-ray burst
- 0%
How likely the instrument's own pipeline thinks it is a gamma-ray burst, not particles hitting the detector or a flare on the Sun.
- When
When the instrument triggered, in UTC.
- Latest notice
- Fermi GBM flight position
Each notice replaces the numbers of the one before it. Fermi GBM sends a rough position from the spacecraft within seconds, a better one from the ground within minutes, and a final one later.