[vsnet-alert 5673] BeppoSAX MAIL n. 01/03: GRB010214: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations

["Luigi Piro, BeppoSAX Mission Scientist" <piro@ias.rm.cnr.it>]

BeppoSAX MAIL n. 01/03: GRB010214: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations

A BeppoSAX TOO observation of GB010214 has started about 6
hours after the GRB.
Preliminary analysis of the first orbits show a source in the
MECS(1.6-10 keV) image.

The position is:

RA = 265.234
Delta = 48.566

The error radius is 1.5 arcminutes.

We detect a clear fading behaviour of the X-ray source, but at this stage
we cannot exclude a faint contamination by RASSFS Catalogue source 1RXS
J174042.9+48340 at 2.2' which may slightly affect the position of the
afterglow. More refined analysis are in progress.

G. Gandolfi
on behalf of BeppoSAX Mission Scientist

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 Luigi Piro                        | E-mail:
 Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale     |              piro@ias.rm.cnr.it
 C.N.R.                            | SAX program: saxsci@ias.rm.cnr.it 
 Via Fosso del Cavaliere           | phone: -39-06-4993-4007 
 I-00133 Roma                      | phone BeppoSAX center: -39-06-4079-6393
 Italy                             | fax(CNR)  : -39-06-20660188
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