//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19059 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: A long GRB detected by INTEGRAL DATE: 16/02/23 10:54:09 GMT FROM: Diego Gotz at CEA D.Gotz (CEA, Saclay), S.Mereghetti (IASF-Milano), C.Ferrigno, E.Bozzo, S. Fotopoulou(ISDC, Versoix), and J.Borkowski (CAMK, Torun) on behalf of the IBAS Localization Team report: a gamma ray burst lasting about 30 s has been detected by IBAS in the IBIS/ISGRI data at 09:58:58 UT of February 23, 2016. The refined coordinates (J2000) are: R.A.= 94.9937 deg DEC.= +33.4075 deg with an uncertainty of 2.2 arcmin (90% c.l.). The burst had a peak flux of 1.2 counts/cm2/s (20-200 keV, 1-s integration time) and a fluence in the same energy range of about 1.6e-6 erg/cmsq. A plot of the light curve will be posted at http://ibas.iasf-milano.inaf.it/IBAS_Results.html //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19060 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: Swift ToO observations DATE: 16/02/23 12:55:22 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team: Swift has initiated a ToO observation of the INTEGRAL GRB 160223B. Automated analysis of the XRT data will be presented online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00020601 Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. These are not necessarily related to the INTEGRAL event. Any X-ray source considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a GCN Circular after manual consideration. Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177 and 2014, ApJS, 210, 8). This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19061 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: Fermi GBM observation DATE: 16/02/23 15:27:58 GMT FROM: Andreas von Kienlin at MPE A. von Kienlin, H.-F. Yu, and K. Toelge (all MPE) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team: "At 09:59:01.51 UT on 23 February 2016, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor triggered and located GRB 160223B (trigger 477914345 / 160223416), which was also detected by INTEGRAL (Götz et al. 2016, GCN 19059) The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the INTEGRAL position. The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 49 degrees. The GBM light curve shows a structured pulse with a duration (T90) of about 17 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-2.560 s to T0+16.896 s is best fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is -0.90 (+0.08/-0.07) and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 560 (+110 /-80) keV The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (5.9 +/- 0.3)E-06 erg/cm^2. The 1.024-sec peak photon flux measured starting from T0+0.256 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 3.1 +/- 0.2 ph/s/cm^2. The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog." //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19062 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: LCOGT-FTN optical observations DATE: 16/02/23 20:02:48 GMT FROM: Simone Dichiara at Ferrara U/Italy S. Dichiara, C. Guidorzi (U. Ferrara), S. Kobayashi (LJMU), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica), C.G. Mundell (U. Bath), on behalf of a larger collaboration report: The 2-m LCOGT Faulkes Telescope North began observing INTEGRAL and Fermi GRB 160223B (Gotz et al. GCN 19059, von Kienlin et al., GCN 19061) on Feb 23 at 10:06:58 UT (7.8 minutes after the burst trigger) with r filter. We do not detect any optical afterglow candidate within the INTEGRAL error circle (Gotz et al. GCN 19059) down to the following magnitudes: Mid Time Exposure Filter Magnitude (min) (s) ------------------------------------------------------- 12.27 5x120 r' > 20.5 ------------------------------------------------------- Values have been calibrated against nearby USNOB-1 stars (R2) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19063 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: Swift-XRT observations DATE: 16/02/23 21:18:36 GMT FROM: Andy Beardmore at U Leicester T.G.R. Roegiers (PSU), L.M. McCauley (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), S.L. Gibson (U. Leicester), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (ASDC), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA) and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the INTEGRAL-detected burst GRB 160223B (Gotz et al. GCN Circ. 19059), collecting 2.3 ks of Photon Counting (PC) mode data between T0+10.6 ks and T0+16.4 ks. No X-ray sources have been detected inside or close to the INTEGRAL error region. The 3-sigma upper limit in the field ranges from ~0.004 to ~0.005 ct s^-1, corresponding to a 0.3-10 keV observed flux of 1.8e-13 to 1.9e-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (assuming a typical GRB spectrum). The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the XRT observations, including a position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00020601. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19065 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: Khureltogot optical observations DATE: 16/02/24 01:31:17 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow E. Mazaeva (IKI), S. Schmalz (ISON), A. Volnova (IKI), N. Tungalag (Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics MAS), I. Molotov (KIAM), A. Pozanenko (IKI) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration: We observed the field of INTEGRAL and Fermi GRB 160223B GRB 160223B (Gotz et al. GCN 19059; von Kienlin et al., GCN 19061) with ORI-40 telescope of Khureltogot observatory starting on Feb., 23 (UT) 12:34:31. Within 2.2 arcmin error circle of the GRB 160223B localization (Gotz et al., GCN 19059) we marginally detect two possible sources not presented in USNO-B1.0 catalog. Coordinates of the sources are Source (1): (J2000) 6:20:05.53 +33:24:58.7 Source (2): (J2000) 6:20:03.89 +33:23:14.2 with uncertainties of 1 arcsec in both coordinates. At this time we cannot confirm the sources are real or variable due to low S/N and absence of a full dataset. Preliminary photometry of the sources is following Date UT start t-T0 Filter Exp. OT Err UL(3sigma) Source# (mid, days) (s) 2016-02-23 12:34:31 0.14969 none 7200 18.7 0.35 18.9 (1) 2016-02-23 12:34:31 0.14969 none 7200 18.7 0.30 18.9 (2) Photometry is based on nearby USNO-B1.0 stars, R2 magnitudes: USNO-B1_id R2 1234-0146334 14.41 1234-0146221 14.55 1233-0156534 14.77 1234-0146470 13.48 1234-0146172 13.37 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19069 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: MASTER-Amur early observations DATE: 16/02/24 08:47:56 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs A.Gabovich, V.Yurkov, Yu.Sergienko, D.Varda Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk N.Tyurina, V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V.Kornilov, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, D.Kuvshinov Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University D.Buckley, S. Potter, M.Kotze South African Astronomical Observatory K.Ivanov, N.M.Budnev, O.Gres, V.A.Poleshchuk Irkutsk State University A. Tlatov, V.Senik, A.V. Parhomenko, D. Dormidontov Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory R. Rebolo, M. Serra-Ricart, N. Lodieu, G. Israelian The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias MASTER-Amur robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru) located in Blagoveschensk was pointed to the GRB160223B 32 sec after trigger time at 2016-02-23 09:59:30 UT. On our first set (10 sec, unfiltered) we not found optical transients within INTEGRAL error-box (ra=06 19 54 dec=+33 24 21 r=2'.2 ) brighter then 15.8. The message may be cited. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19085 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: CALET Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor detection DATE: 16/02/26 03:05:55 GMT FROM: Takanori Sakamoto at AGU S. Ozawa (Wasoeda U), A. Yoshida, T. Sakamoto, I. Takahashi, Y. Kawakubo, K. Senuma, M. Moriyama, Y. Yamada (AGU), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U), S. Nakahira (JAXA), Y. Asaoka, S. Torii (Waseda U), Y. Shimizu, T. Tamura (Kanagawa U), W. Ishizaki (ICRR), M. L. Cherry (LSU), S. Ricciarini (U of Florence) P. S. Marrocchesi (U of Siena) and the CALET collaboration: The long-duration GRB160223B (Gotz et al., GCN Circ. 19059; von Kienlin et al., GCN Circ. 19061) triggered the CALET Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (CGBM) at 09:58:59.5 on 23 February 2016. The burst signal was detected by SGM instrument. The light curve of the SGM shows at least three peaks. The emission starts at T0, peaks at T0+1 sec and ends at T0+25 sec. The T90 duration measured by the SGM data is 11 +- 1 sec (40-1000 keV). The CGBM data used in this analysis are provided by the Waseda CALET Operation Center located at the Waseda University.