TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 5419 SUBJECT: GRB060806 = SGR1806-20 DATE: 06/08/07 21:26:55 GMT FROM: Kevin Hurley at UCBerkeley/SSL K. Hurley, S. Barthelmy, J. Cummings, N. Gehrels, H. Krimm, D. M. Smith, R. P. Lin, J. McTiernan, R. Schwartz, C. Wigger, W. Hajdas, A. Zehnder, K.Yamaoka, M.Ohno, Y.Fukazawa, T.Takahashi, M.Tashiro, Y. Terada, T.Murakami, K.Makishima, S. Golenetskii, E. Mazets, V. Pal'shin, and D. Frederiks, report: The position of GRB060806 (Hurley et al. GCN 5416) is consistent with that of SGR1806-20, and the spectrum of this burst is soft. Therefore the origin of this event is almost certainly SGR1806-20, which has been active recently. This type of bursting behavior appears to be unique, however, so observations at other wavelengths are encouraged.