[vsolj-alert 242] GRB 990123

[Taichi Kato <tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 15:40:37 +0000 (GMT)
From: Luigi Piro - BeppoSAX Mission Scientist <piro@ias.rm.cnr.it>
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BeppoSAX MAIL n. 99/1: ALERT for GB990123 - "The mighty" :)

On Jan.23, 9:47:14 UT BeppoSAX GRBM has been triggered by a burst,
GB990123
(also BATSE trigger n.7343), the strongest detected so far
simultaneously with the  WFC.

Preliminary coordinates from WFC are:
R.A.(2000)= 231.374
DEC(2000)= +44.754

with an error radius of about 5'


A follow-on with NFI is being planned

Best wishes
Luigi Piro
BeppoSAX Mission Scientist



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