TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  385
SUBJECT: Refined BeppoSAX-WFC position of GRB990712 
DATE:    99/07/12 22:18:24 GMT
FROM:    Filippo Frontera at ITESRE CNR  <filippo@tesre.bo.cnr.it>

Filippo Frontera, on behalf of the BeppoSAX Mission Scientist Luigi Piro,
report:

On July 5, 16:43:02 UT  a GRB (GRB990712) was detected
simultaneously by the GRBM and WFC of BeppoSAX.

The refined WFC position of GB990712 is:
R.A.(2000)=337.9568
DEC(2000)= -73.4066
The error radius is now of 2'.

Due to Sun constraints BeppoSAX cannot perform a follow-on observation
with the NFIs.