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GCN Circular 7271

Subject
Swift Trigger 302777 is not a GRB
Date
2008-02-08T13:41:25Z (16 years ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), P. J. Brown (PSU), D. N. Burrows (PSU),
J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC), O. Godet (U Leicester),
C. Guidorzi (INAF-OAB), S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC),
E. A. Hoversten (PSU), J. Mao (INAF-OAB), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC),
K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), A. M. Parsons (GSFC),
D. Perez (U Leicester), J. L. Racusin (PSU), M. C. Stroh (PSU) and
T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU) report on behalf of the Swift Team:

The Swift Trigger 302777, at 13:17:41 UT, is not due to a GRB. 
It is the detection of a known source (Sco X-1) at
an incorrect location due to the loss of startracker
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