General Coordinates Network
GCN Circulars are now administered through the General Coordinates Network https://gcn.nasa.gov (effective April 17, 2023)
The modernized GCN Circulars experience is part of the new GCN web site, where you can:
- Browse and search Circulars in our all-new archive.
- Sign up for and manage your own email subscriptions.
- Enroll yourself and your colleagues to submit Circulars with arXiv-style peer endorsements for new contributors.
- Submit Circulars with our new Web form, or continue to submit by email.
This legacy GCN Classic Circulars service has been disabled.
- All legacy accounts are transferred to the new system.
- The legacy archive is frozen.
- Email submissions to the old address will be forwarded to the new system and processed normally. We encourage use of the new submission address.
For questions, please contact the GCN Team.
About the GCN/TAN
- A Brief Description
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There are two parts to the GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) (TAN: Transient Astronomy Network):
(1) the real-time (and near real-time) distribution of GRB locations, images, spectra, & lightcurves,
(in < 2sec inside GCN) detected by various spacecraft (Swift, Fermi, MAXI, INTEGRAL, IPN, etc), and
(2) the distribution of follow-up observation reports submitted by the GRB/transient community.
- INVITATION to Join/Subscribe (Notices & Circulars)
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An open invitation for GRB researchers and institutions to join GCN/TAN.
For people wishing to receive the GCN/TAN Notices, the required pieces
of information to set up an entry in the "sites.cfg" file are listed.
And for those individuals wanting to receive/submit GCN Circulars, those requirements
are also listed.
- Scientific Motivation and General Background Information on GRBs
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The history and the importance of research into the nature of Gamma-Ray Bursts.
- GCN/TAN Sites and Links
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The current observing sites participating in the GCN/TAN system are listed.
Links are provided when available.
- Who we are
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The people that built and run the GCN/TAN system.
- What's new (22 Nov 19)
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Brief descriptions of new capabilities and operational changes within the GCN/TAN system.
Technical Details
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A Full Description of the GCN/TAN System:
- The Basic System Description,
- The Various Sources of GRB/transient Locations,
- Distribution Methods,
- Coordinates Accuracy,
- Improvements Made to the System,
- Future Improvements to the System,
- Detailed Technical Descriptions and Specifications,
- Related Services and Activities,
- Real-time Aspects of these Webpages.
Mission-Instrument Notices at-a-Glance
Clicking the links will take you to the Description/Documentation pages
and to the tables of archived past Notices.
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