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GCN Circular 17550

Subject
Fermi GBM trigger 150307942 is not a GRB
Date
2015-03-07T23:43:33Z (10 years ago)
From
Eric Burns at U of Alabama <eb0016@uah.edu>
E. Burns (UAH) reports on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:

"The Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 447460597/150307942
22:36:34.87 UT on the 7th of March 2015, tentatively classified
as a GRB, is in fact not due to a GRB. This trigger is due to a
solar flare."
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