BeppoSAX MAIL n. 99/21: GRB ALERT (GRB990806: Summer GRB) Date: Aug.6, 1999, 16:28 UT On Aug.6, 14:28:07 UT a GRB (GRB990806) was detected simultaneously by the GRBM and WFC of BeppoSAX (also BATSE trigger 7701). Preliminary coordinates from WFC are: R.A.(2000)= 47.632 DEC(2000)= -68.116 with an error radius of about 4' Luigi Piro BeppoSAX Mission Scientist #----------------------------------#------------------------------------------# 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 #__________________________________#___________________________________________#