[vsnet-alert 5292] BeppoSAX MAIL n. 00/21: GRB009626: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations

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

BeppoSAX MAIL n. 00/21: GRB009626: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations

A BeppoSAX TOO observation (20 ksec) of GB000926 has started on Sept.
28.979, i.e. about 2 days after the GRB.
Preliminary analysis of the first three orbits shown a
relatively bright (flux about 0.5 10**-12 erg/cm2/s) unknown source
in the MECS(1.6-10 keV) image.

The position is:

RA=256.029
Delta=51.797

which is 0.7'  from the optical counterpart and consistent with it within
our errors. We identify this new X-ray source as the X-ray afterglow
of GB000926.

L. Piro
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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