Pager Notice Examples

This shows the (long-form) format of the GCN pager messages sent to those groups requesting the pager method. The format is a terse version of the "TOKEN: value(s)" form developed for the full e-mail distribution method. The RA,Dec values are Current epoch. The time (UT) of the BATSE trigger or GRB is listed along with the intensity or fluence and then a comment about the trigger-type identification. The MAXBC notices have essentially the same format (the TITLE is different). There is no trigger_id type capability for the MAXBC notices at this time. These fields have their foundation in the e-mail format, so for a very detailed explanation of the contents, format, and meaning of the various fields in these pager notices, please see the E-Mail Method section in the technical section.

There are no "Subject" lines for these emails to the pager companies because the Subject line would use up valuable character counts from the maximum displayable for the body of the message.

There is also a short-form pager method for people and sites with a pager/company with a very limited displayable character count.

The HETE pager notices are:

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The INTEGRAL pager notices are:

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The Test Coordinates pager notice is:

GCN/TEST GRB
RA=72.00d  DEC=-35.00d
TIME: 00:14:59.08 UT
I=1000
Test Coordinates.

The four RXTE-PCA sub-type pager notices are (the "////" divider bars are not part of the actual message):

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GCN/RXTE_PCA ALERT
LOC_RA=152.40d DEC=+3.26d
TIME: 03:25:45.00 UT
RXTE-PCA WILL observe this GRB.

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GCN/RXTE_PCA ALERT
LOC_RA=152.4d DEC=+3.3d
TIME: 03:25:45.00 UT
RXTE-PCA can NOT observe this GRB.

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GCN/RXTE_PCA GRB
RA=152.40d DEC=+3.26d
TIME: 03:25:45.00 UT
I=9.41 mCrab
RXTE-PCA GRB Coordinates.

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GCN/RXTE_PCA GRB
TIME: 03:25:45.00 UT
RXTE-PCA was NOT able to localise this GRB.

The two RXTE-ASM sub-type pager notices are (the "////" divider bars are not part of the actual message):

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GCN/RXTE_ASM ALERT
LOC_RA=152.40d DEC=+3.26d
TIME: 03:25:45.00 UT
RXTE-ASM may have detected this GRB.

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GCN/RXTE_ASM GRB
Update
RA=276.243d DEC=+49.490d
TIME: 11:33:32.00 UT
I=49.00 mCrab
RXTE-ASM GRB Coordinates.

The IPN sub-type pager notices are (the "////" divider bars are not part of the actual message):

GCN/IPN_POSITION (double box)
1st: RA=120.1544d DEC=-17.1604d  2nd: RA=134.3352d DEC=-8.8200d
ERROR=0.3547d FLUENCE=3.90e-05
TIME: 08:37:04.00 UT
IPN positions.

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GCN/IPN_POSITION (double box)
1st: RA=120.1544d DEC=-17.1604d  2nd: RA=134.3352d DEC=-8.8200d
ERROR=0.3547d FLUENCE=unknown
TIME: 08:37:04.00 UT
IPN positions.

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GCN/IPN_POSITION (single box)
RA=120.1544d DEC=-17.1604d
ERROR=0.3547d FLUENCE=3.90e-05
TIME: 08:37:04.00 UT
IPN position.

The ALEXIS pager notice is:

GCN/ALEXIS
Final
RA=123.45d DEC=+12.34d
TIME=12:34:45 UT
ALPHA=7.60 [-log10(probability)]
ALEXIS Tansient Coordinates.

The Pager Notices below are no longer available. These missions have ended.

The BeppoSAX pager notices are:

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The BATSE-Original pager notice is:

BACODINE GRB
RA=210.84d  DEC=-72.94d
TIME: 00:14:59.08 UT
I=932
Definite GRB.

The BATSE-Final pager notice is:

BACODINE FINAL GRB
RA=211.34d  DEC=-72.14d
TIME: 00:14:59.08 UT
Flue=45123
Definite GRB.

The BATSE-MAXBC pager notice is:

BACODINE MAXBC GRB
RA=208.00d  DEC=-73.27d
TIME: 00:14:59.08 UT
I=752

The BATSE-LOCBURST pager notice is:

GCN/LOCBURST GRB
RA=207.40d DEC=-72.26d
TIME: 00:14:59.08 UT
I=921
Definite GRB.
Locburst Coordinates.

The CGRO-COMPTEL pager notice is:

GCN/GRO_COMPTEL GRB
Initial
RA=123.45d DEC=+12.34d
TIME=12:34:45 UT
I=49
GRO-COMPTEL GRB Coordinates.

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This file was last modified on 26-Oct-02.