GCN Circular 33246

M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory),  N.
Werner  (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno (Hiroshima U.),  L. Meszaros, B. Csak
(Konkoly Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), F. Munz , M. Topinka,
F. Hroch, N. Husarikova, J.-P. Breuer (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M.
Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo (Needronix), G. Galgoczi
(Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Enoto (Kyoto
U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose, H. Matake (Hiroshima
U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly
Observatory),  T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka
(Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. Svoboda, V. Daniel, J.
Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL ZCU)  -- the
VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.

The long duration GRB 230126A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN Circ. 33225
Not found
 
 
) was
detected by the GRB detector on board of the VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat (
https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/).

The data acquisition was performed by the GRB detector unit no. 0 and the
detection was confirmed at the peak time 2023-01-26 18:20:46 UTC. The T90
duration was measured to be 14 s with the light curve resolution of 1 s.
The significance during T90 reaches 5.1 sigma.

The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here:

https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB230126A_GCN_VZLUSAT2.pdf

All VZLUSAT-2 detections are listed at:
https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/VZLUSAT-2/

The GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future
CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules of
VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a 75 x
75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy
range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022 January 13
from Cape Canaveral.