From vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov Tue Feb 3 19:19:53 1998 Received: from capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (capella.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.92.14]) by lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA02694 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:19:52 -0500 (EST) Received: by capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (5.65/1.34) id AA02842; Tue, 3 Feb 98 19:19:49 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 98 19:19:49 -0500 From: vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bacodine) Message-Id: <9802040019.AA02842@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov> To: bacodine@lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: GCN/RXTE_PCA_ALERT TITLE: GCN/RXTE_PCA BURST ALERT NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Wed 04 Feb 98 00:18:27 UT NOTICE_TYPE: RXTE-PCA TRIGGER_NUM: 6587 GRB_DATE: 10847 TJD; 34 DOY; 98/02/03 GRB_TIME: 82028.25 SOD {22:47:08.25} UT GRB_LOCBURST_RA: 3.16d {+00h 12m 38s} (J2000) GRB_LOCBURST_DEC: -17.72d {-17d 43' 11"} (J2000) COMMENTS: RXTE-PCA WILL observe this LOCBURST GRB location. COMMENTS: The RXTE-PCA observation will start at 98/02/04 01:17:09.00 UT. COMMENTS: RXTE is going to scan 6(R.A.) x 6(Dec.) deg. region COMMENTS: RXTE/PCA is already pointing around GRB region by using direct slew COMMENTS: command. It has been there since 23:58:05 (UT). We are going to COMMENTS: the updated plan for scans and the scans will start 01:25:09. COMMENTS: (by Toshiaki Takeshima) From vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov Wed Feb 4 01:31:30 1998 Received: from capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (capella.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.92.14]) by lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA02948 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 01:31:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (5.65/1.34) id AA06493; Wed, 4 Feb 98 01:31:27 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 98 01:31:27 -0500 From: vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bacodine) Message-Id: <9802040631.AA06493@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov> To: bacodine@lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: GCN/RXTE_PCA_POSITION TITLE: GCN/RXTE_PCA BURST POSITION NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Wed 04 Feb 98 06:30:02 UT NOTICE_TYPE: RXTE-PCA TRIGGER_NUM: 6587 GRB_DATE: 10847 TJD; 34 DOY; 98/02/03 GRB_TIME: 82028.25 SOD {22:47:08.25} UT COMMENTS: RXTE-PCA was NOT able to localize this GRB. COMMENTS: RXTE/PCA scanned 6 deg x 6 deg square region and found nothing evident COMMENTS: brighter than 2 mCrab. But there remains a possiblity PCA detected COMMENTS: something around R.A.~ 6.0 Dec.~ -19.2, which is more than 3 degree away COMMENTS: from the Locburst position. As we don't have the detailed satellite COMMENTS: attitude information now, we cannot check if what we observed is consistent COMMENTS: with a single point source. Most of science data and attitude data will COMMENTS: become available within couple of hours. Further analysis is going on. COMMENTS: (by Toshiaki Takeshima) COMMENTS: P.S. the position mentioned above is very very rough value (uncertainty COMMENTS: should be more than one degree).