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GCN Circular 4101

Subject
GRB051016 XMM-Newton observation
Date
2005-10-16T17:11:36Z (19 years ago)
From
Norbert Schartel at XMM-Newton/ESA <too@xmm.vilspa.esa.es>
Nora Loiseau and Ricardo Perez-Martinez report:

Quick-Look-Analysis of the XMM-Newton observation of the GRB051016
field based on an exposure in the EPIC pn camera that started at 13:46 UT,
shows the presence of a source at the SWIFT/XRT position (Boyd et al.,
GCN4096)
within XRT 8 arcsec radius uncertainty.

The estimated EPIC/pn net count rate for the first 5.9 ksec is 0.029
counts/sec.
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