TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 29075 SUBJECT: GRB 201216C: MAGIC detection in very high energy gamma rays DATE: 20/12/17 17:23:13 GMT FROM: Oscar Blanch at MAGIC Collaboration O.Blanch (IFAE-BIST Barcelona), F. Longo (University and INFN Trieste), A. Berti (INFN Torino), S. Fukami (ICRR University of Tokyo), Y. Suda (MPP Munich), S. Loporchio (University and INFN Bari), S. Micanovic (University of Rijeka), J. G. Green (INAF Rome), V. Pinter (IFAE-BIST), M. Takahashi (ICRR University of Tokyo), on behalf of the MAGIC collaboration report: On December 16, 2020, the MAGIC telescopes observed GRB 201216C following the trigger by Swift-BAT and Fermi-GBM (Beardmore et al., GCN 29061, Fermi/GBM team GCN 29063). MAGIC started observations under good conditions about 57 seconds after the GRB onset. The preliminary offline analyses show an excess above 5 sigma, compatible with the GRB position reported by the Swift and Fermi teams. Refined off-line analyses of the data are ongoing. We strongly encourage follow-up observations by other instruments at all wavelengths. The MAGIC point of contact for this burst is O. Blanch (blanch@ifae.es). Burst Advocate for this burst is F. Longo (francesco.longo@ts.infn.it). MAGIC is a system of two 17m-diameter Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located at the Observatory Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary island La Palma, Spain, and designed to perform gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 50 GeV to greater than 50 TeV. -- Avís - Aviso - Legal Notice - (LOPD) - http://legal.ifae.es