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GCN Circular 10551

Subject
Fermi GBM detection of four Solar Flares
Date
2010-03-30T10:16:23Z (15 years ago)
From
Sheila McBreen at MPE <smcbreen@mpe.mpg.de>
S. McBreen (UCD/MPE)
reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"On 27 March 2010 the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
triggered and located four solar flares. The events
are listed below.

   Trigcat          Trigger     UTC
----------------------------------------------
GBM 100327.218    291359679    05:14:37.43
GBM 100327.330    291369350    07:55:48.66
GBM 100327.405    291375797    09:43:15.44
GBM 100327.424    291377472    10:11:10.04

In at least one case there is soft emission visible
~50 seconds before the trigger time."
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