GCN KONUS Light Curves

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  1. Recent GCN/Konus Lightcurves
  2. Past GCN/Konus Lightcurves
This is the archive of all the GCN/KONUS Notices and Light Curves in their original form as they were sent out to the GCN sites. The light curves are available in Postscript, GIF, JPEG, and numerical text formats (The first column of text format is used to generate the postscript, gif and jpeg files, where line1 = GRB date, line2 = hh:mm:sec.sss, lines 3-n = x,y values. The second column of text is a newly added format where line1 = KONUS1or2 detector number, date ,time, and a comment, line2 = keV range, line3 = average background value, line4 = comment, lines 5-n = x,y values). ). Older KONUS Light Curves have been added from the launch date until the GCN/KONUS Notices began, and any Light Curves that were not generated by the GCN/KONUS Notices are now being added through an automated process.

The light curves are the count rate in the KONUS_1 or KONUS_2 detectors in the 50-200 keV bandpass. The KONUS_1 detector views the southern ecliptic hemisphere, and KONUS_2 views the northern ecliptic hemisphere. The time sampling is 64 msec bins. The telemetry data from KONUS is available in 1-25 hours after the trigger time. Automated software within the GCN system captures these daily dumps, scans for triggers, extracts the rate information, and produces the light curves.

There is no immediate identification of the trigger type for the most recent events. Most light curves are for actual GRBs, but like BATSE there are other non-astrophysical mechanisms which can cause count-rate increases in the detector and initiate a trigger. Within two weeks, the Detector number, Event type, and Trigger number are supplied by Sergei Golenetskii (Ioffe Institute) and are added to the table.

Please note that because of spacecraft telemetry downlink operations, about 1 in 10 triggers are downloaded twice. Hense, since the automated scripts are not smart enough to recognize this duplication, there will be a few duplicated entries in the table below. On rare occasions a human will remove these duplicate entries.

NOTE: All files on this site have been checked due to a report of a high count rate at 33.280 seconds in some files. Many files have been corrected. You should check any files downloaded before February 28, 2002. The Light Curves that were generated by the GCN/KONUS Notices were NOT affected.

For more information on the GCN/KONUS (not yet done). For more information on Wind-KONUS (HEASARC) or KONUS (GSFC)

TRIGGER TYPE SUMMARY:
The annual occurance rates for the KONUS triggers broken down by type is:
                                      
YEAR     GRB   SGR   FLARE    PART   UNKNOWN                                      
2005      49     7     12       0      0         <== Only months Jan-May                                      
2004     136    68     75       5      0                                      
2003     127     7     89       7      1                                      
2002     107    20     90      14      8                                      
2001     104     4    119      10      0                                      
2000     151     1    122      31      4                                      
1999     128     5     95      43      4                                      
1998     127    58     70      12      0                                      
1997     111     3     14      18      6          Plus 6 GndCmd triggers                                      
1996     125     7      2      76      1          Plus 9 GndCmd triggers                                      
1995     126     0     15      15      0          Plus 15 GndCmd triggers
Recent GCN/KONUS Light Curves:

(Listed by date and time)

DateTimeDetEventTrig# Postscript GIF JPEG Text Text2
20080817 03:52:08.677 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080816 12:04:50.363 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080816 12:04:50.363 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080807 23:50:28.443 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080806 21:30:10.160 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080806 01:52:21.983 UT Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080803 00:22:35.381 UT 2 GRB 3053 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080802 09:15:08.115 UT 2 GRB 3052 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080730 18:51:40.963 UT 2 GRB 3051 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080727 08:13:29.825 UT 2 GRB 3050 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080724 09:37:53.828 UT 2 GRB 3049 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080723 23:37:46.969 UT 2 GRB 3048 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080723 13:22:23.773 UT 1 GRB 3047 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080721 10:25:10.927 UT 2 GRB 3046 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080715 22:48:42.915 UT 2 GRB 3045 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080714 17:52:58.478 UT 1 GRB 3044 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080710 12:33:12.122 UT 2 GRB 3043 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080709 18:15:55.686 UT 1 GRB 3042 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080706 04:28:33.328 UT 2 GRB 3041 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080624 14:20:47.490 UT 2 GRB 3040 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080615 04:07:33.843 UT 2 GRB 3039 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080613 11:12:38.636 UT 1 GRB 3038 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080611 01:19:02.740 UT 1 GRB 3037 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080609 22:49:40.237 UT 1 GRB 3036 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080607 06:07:23.336 UT 2 GRB 3035 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080605 23:48:02.336 UT 2 GRB 3034 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080603 19:38:12.383 UT 2 GRB 3033 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080602 01:31:26.229 UT 1 GRB 3032 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080528 19:46:00.795 UT 1 GRB 3031 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080528 18:27:47.500 UT 2 GRB 3030 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080528 10:34:48.659 UT 1 SGR 3029 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080527 03:23:51.044 UT 1 GRB 3028 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080525 04:30:46.051 UT 1 GRB 3027 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080514 09:55:58.672 UT 2 GRB 3026 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080514 07:44:37.412 UT 2 GRB 3025 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080513 05:14:09.927 UT 2 GRB 3024 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080513 03:02:24.631 UT 2 GRB 3023 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080507 21:44:05.673 UT 2 GRB 3022 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080507 07:45:02.194 UT 2 GRB 3021 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080502 06:29:26.808 UT 1 GRB 3020 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080430 19:59:12.687 UT 2 GRB 3019 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080429 13:11:18.728 UT 2 GRB 3018 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080413 19:26:18.995 UT 1 GRB 3016 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080413 08:51:11.831 UT 2 GRB 3015 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080413 02:54:23.605 UT 2 GRB 3014 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080411 21:15:32.496 UT 1 GRB 3013 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080411 19:27:59.342 UT 1 GRB 3012 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080408 03:36:20.153 UT 2 GRB 3011 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080407 20:42:09.471 UT 1 GRB 3010 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080330 11:04:13.007 UT 1 GRB 3008 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080329 22:38:10.973 UT 2 GRB 3007 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080328 08:03:02.306 UT 2 GRB 3006 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080327 03:34:12.052 UT 1 GRB 3005 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080321 06:35:21.025 UT 1 GRB 3004 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080320 11:51:49.550 UT 1 GRB 3003 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080319 12:25:57.938 UT 2 GRB 3002 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080319 06:12:50.339 UT 2 GRB 3001 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080318 08:31:39.198 UT 2 GRB 3000 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080318 00:31:50.781 UT 2 GRB 2999 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080317 11:11:42.108 UT 1 GRB 2998 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080308 07:35:51.744 UT 2 GRB 2997 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080303 20:39:47.232 UT 2 GRB 2996 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080302 15:29:36.673 UT 1 GRB 2995 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080229 19:41:16.981 UT 2 SGR 2994 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080229 17:05:34.137 UT 2 GRB 2993 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080224 16:58:47.317 UT 1 GRB 2992 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080222 10:21:02.645 UT 2 GRB 2991 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080218 05:57:25.347 UT 2 GRB 2989 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080212 23:04:53.585 UT 1 GRB 2988 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080211 07:23:42.790 UT 2 GRB 2987 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080204 13:56:30.835 UT 1 GRB 2986 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080203 05:38:59.730 UT 1 GRB 2985 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080203 02:20:56.599 UT 2 GRB 2984 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080127 14:00:43.652 UT 2 GRB 2983 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080123 04:21:54.989 UT 1 GRB 2982 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080122 18:32:44.605 UT 2 GRB 2981 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080117 17:00:37.291 UT 1 GRB 2980 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080114 16:09:44.570 UT 2 GRB 2979 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080109 13:39:11.196 UT 2 GRB 2978 Postscript GIF JPEG Text
20080103 22:00:39.671 UT 2 GRB 2977 Postscript GIF JPEG Text

Past GCN/Konus Lightcurves:
Triggers 2007
Triggers 2006
Triggers 2005
Triggers 2004
Triggers 2003
Triggers 2002
Triggers 2001
Triggers 2000
Triggers 1999
Triggers 1998
Triggers 1997
Triggers 1996
Triggers 1995
Triggers 1994

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This file was last modified by a human on 06-Aug-08.