{
  "bibcode": "2000GCN...634....1P",
  "body": "Due to budget cuts, BeppoSAX operations have been reduced by ASI as\nfollows:\n\nas of April 4:\n\n- Mission Planners (previously available 24 hrs a day on call)\n  will serve during office hours only (8 hrs a day Mon.-Fri.)\n   \n- Duty Scientist at the Science Operation Center will not cover the night\n  shifts\n\nas of April 15:\n\n- Scientific Instruments will not be operated during Saturday & Sunday\nnights\n\n\n\n\nAs a consequence we estimate that:\n\n-  THE NUMBER OF FAST GRB LOCALIZATIONS \n   WILL BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF ~2.\n\n- THE NUMBER OF FAST GRB FOLLOW-UP (i.e. AFTERGLOW OBSERVATIONS) \n  WILL BE REDUCED BY A FACTOR OF ~ 3\n\n\nL. Piro\n\nBeppoSAX Mission Scientist",
  "circularId": 634,
  "createdOn": 955996171000,
  "email": "saxsci@ias.rm.cnr.it",
  "subject": "Budget cuts in BeppoSAX operations: impact on GRB observations",
  "submitter": "SAX Science Operations at IAS/CNR Frascati  <saxsci@ias.rm.cnr.it>"
}