GRB041217: The First GRB Located On-Board Swift!
December 17, 2004
On Dec 17 2004, 7:28:30 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located on-board an apparent gamma-ray burst. The spacecraft did not autonomously slew to the burst since automated slewing is not yet enabled. The Swift team released a GCN circular describing the observation. Follow-up ground-based observations have also been reported.
For all GCN GRB Observation Reports on this burst, visit the GCN Circular archive for GRB041217.
- Curator: J.D. Myers
- NASA Official & Swift PI: Brad Cenko
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