GCN Circular 1015
Subject
GRB010326: Refined Localization by HETE
Date
2001-03-26T08:38:48Z (24 years ago)
From
George Ricker at MIT <grr@space.mit.edu>
G. Ricker, D. Lamb, and S. Woosley on behalf of the HETE Science Team;
R. Vanderspek, G. Crew, J. Doty, G. Monnelly, J. Villasenor; N.
Butler, T. Cline, J.G. Jernigan, A. Levine, F. Martel, G. Pizzichini,
and G. Prigozhin, on behalf of the HETE Operations and HETE
Optical-SXC Teams;
N. Kawai, M. Matsuoka, Y. Shirasaki, T. Tamagawa, A. Yoshida, E.
Fenimore, M. Galassi, B. Preger, and C. Graziani, on behalf of the
HETE WXM Team;
J-L Atteia, M. Boer, J-F Olive, J-P Dezalay, and K. Hurley on behalf
of the HETE FREGATE Team;
write:
The systematic error radius for the HETE localization of GRB010326 by
the WXM has been refined to 10 arcminutes. Further refinement is
expected.
Follow-up observations of this GRB event are encouraged.
Additional information on GRB010326, as well as for the HETE mission,
is available at:
http://space.mit.edu/HETE/
Acronyms: HETE=High Energy Transient Explorer FREGATE=French Gamma
Ray Telescope WXM=Wide Field X-ray Monitor SXC=Soft X-ray Camera
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