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GCN Circular 3713

Subject
GRB 050730 XMM-Newton observation
Date
2005-07-31T05:01:25Z (19 years ago)
From
Norbert Schartel at XMM-Newton/ESA <too@xmm.vilspa.esa.es>
M. Ehle and B. Juarez report:

Quick-Look-Analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the GRB 050730
field based on an exposure in the EPIC pn camera that started at 04:09 UT,
shows the presence of a source within the SWIFT/XRT error circle
(Holland et al., GCN 3704).

The estimated EPIC pn count rate for the first 2.8 ksec was 1.6 counts/sec.
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