Gamma-ray Burst 250206A

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Results of Observations

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:51:43 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Flight Position
RECORD_NUM:      45
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          236.517d {+15h 46m 04s} (J2000),
                 237.148d {+15h 48m 36s} (current),
                 235.270d {+15h 41m 05s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -69.267d {-69d 16' 00"} (J2000),
                 -69.343d {-69d 20' 34"} (current),
                 -69.111d {-69d 06' 37"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       12.43 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       253 [cnts/sec]
DATA_SIGNIF:     14.20 [sigma]
INTEG_TIME:      1.024 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         344.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        40.00 [deg]
DATA_TIME_SCALE: 1.0240 [sec]
HARD_RATIO:      1.09
LOC_ALGORITHM:   3 (version number of)
MOST_LIKELY:      97%  GRB
2nd_MOST_LIKELY:   1%  Generic SGR
DETECTORS:       1,0,0, 0,0,1, 0,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0,
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 47"}
SUN_DIST:         73.40 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.90d {+04h 19m 37s}  +26.37d {+26d 22' 21"}
MOON_DIST:       136.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      317.37,-11.45 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      253.10,-47.78 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Flight-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 131.93,3.33 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created until ~15 min after the trigger.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:51:50 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Flight Position
RECORD_NUM:      58
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          222.750d {+14h 51m 00s} (J2000),
                 223.314d {+14h 53m 15s} (current),
                 221.639d {+14h 46m 33s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -68.433d {-68d 25' 59"} (J2000),
                 -68.535d {-68d 32' 07"} (current),
                 -68.227d {-68d 13' 36"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       6.28 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       481 [cnts/sec]
DATA_SIGNIF:     52.20 [sigma]
INTEG_TIME:      4.096 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         342.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        35.00 [deg]
DATA_TIME_SCALE: 4.0960 [sec]
HARD_RATIO:      0.88
LOC_ALGORITHM:   3 (version number of)
MOST_LIKELY:      98%  GRB
2nd_MOST_LIKELY:   1%  Generic Transient
DETECTORS:       1,0,0, 0,0,1, 0,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0,
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 47"}
SUN_DIST:         78.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.90d {+04h 19m 37s}  +26.37d {+26d 22' 22"}
MOON_DIST:       135.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      313.59, -8.07 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      245.74,-48.94 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Flight-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 131.93,3.33 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created until ~15 min after the trigger.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:51:58 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      57
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          221.700d {+14h 46m 48s} (J2000),
                 222.223d {+14h 48m 53s} (current),
                 220.668d {+14h 42m 40s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -65.020d {-65d 01' 11"} (J2000),
                 -65.124d {-65d 07' 25"} (current),
                 -64.810d {-64d 48' 37"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       2.58 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     53.50 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   4.096 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         347.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        33.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   4173 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 47"}
SUN_DIST:         79.62 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.6 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.91d {+04h 19m 37s}  +26.37d {+26d 22' 23"}
MOON_DIST:       138.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      314.73, -4.82 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      242.98,-46.05 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
POS_MAP_URL:     http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_f/gbm_gnd_loc_map_760564296.fits
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created/available until ~15 min after the trigger.  
COMMENTS:        The POS_MAP_URL file will not be created/available until ~1.5 min after the notice.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:52:29 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      0
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          231.740d {+15h 26m 58s} (J2000),
                 232.336d {+15h 29m 21s} (current),
                 230.563d {+15h 22m 15s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -68.070d {-68d 04' 11"} (J2000),
                 -68.156d {-68d 09' 20"} (current),
                 -67.895d {-67d 53' 42"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       2.24 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     20.60 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   4.096 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         345.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        38.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   41731 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 46"}
SUN_DIST:         75.18 [deg]   Sun_angle= 5.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.91d {+04h 19m 39s}  +26.37d {+26d 22' 27"}
MOON_DIST:       137.54 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      316.68, -9.45 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      250.08,-47.26 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
POS_MAP_URL:     http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_f/gbm_gnd_loc_map_760564296.fits
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This is likely a Long GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created/available until ~15 min after the trigger.  
COMMENTS:        The POS_MAP_URL file will not be created/available until ~1.5 min after the notice.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:53:10 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      5
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          219.980d {+14h 39m 55s} (J2000),
                 220.492d {+14h 41m 58s} (current),
                 218.969d {+14h 35m 53s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -64.570d {-64d 34' 11"} (J2000),
                 -64.677d {-64d 40' 35"} (current),
                 -64.355d {-64d 21' 17"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       1.00 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     94.80 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   19.456 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         347.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        32.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   41731 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 46"}
SUN_DIST:         80.45 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.7 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.92d {+04h 19m 40s}  +26.38d {+26d 22' 32"}
MOON_DIST:       138.63 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      314.25, -4.11 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      241.75,-45.96 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
POS_MAP_URL:     http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_f/gbm_gnd_loc_map_760564296.fits
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This is likely a Long GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created/available until ~15 min after the trigger.  
COMMENTS:        The POS_MAP_URL file will not be created/available until ~1.5 min after the notice.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 19:53:00 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      3
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          219.670d {+14h 38m 41s} (J2000),
                 220.181d {+14h 40m 43s} (current),
                 218.662d {+14h 34m 39s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -64.560d {-64d 33' 35"} (J2000),
                 -64.667d {-64d 40' 01"} (current),
                 -64.344d {-64d 20' 38"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       1.06 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     66.60 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   12.288 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         347.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        32.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   41731 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       320.72d {+21h 22m 53s}  -15.35d {-15d 20' 46"}
SUN_DIST:         80.58 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.7 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       64.92d {+04h 19m 40s}  +26.38d {+26d 22' 30"}
MOON_DIST:       138.56 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      314.13, -4.05 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      241.57,-46.01 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
POS_MAP_URL:     http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_f/gbm_gnd_loc_map_760564296.fits
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This is likely a Long GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created/available until ~15 min after the trigger.  
COMMENTS:        The POS_MAP_URL file will not be created/available until ~1.5 min after the notice.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 06 Feb 25 20:01:02 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Final Position
RECORD_NUM:      0
TRIGGER_NUM:     760564296
GRB_RA:          222.060d {+14h 48m 14s} (J2000),
                 222.584d {+14h 50m 20s} (current),
                 221.025d {+14h 44m 06s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -65.030d {-65d 01' 47"} (J2000),
                 -65.133d {-65d 07' 59"} (current),
                 -64.822d {-64d 49' 17"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       1.69 [deg radius, statistical only]
GRB_DATE:        20712 TJD;    37 DOY;   25/02/06
GRB_TIME:        71491.93 SOD {19:51:31.93} UT
GRB_PHI:         347.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        33.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   41731 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       320.73d {+21h 22m 54s}  -15.34d {-15d 20' 40"}
SUN_DIST:         79.48 [deg]   Sun_angle= 6.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       65.00d {+04h 20m 00s}  +26.39d {+26d 23' 26"}
MOON_DIST:       138.72 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      67 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      314.86, -4.90 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      243.18,-45.99 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
LOC_URL:         http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_locplot_all_bn250206827.png
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Final Position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file should be available by the time this FINAL notice is produced.  
COMMENTS:        This notice was generated completely by automated pipeline processing.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This is likely a Long GRB.

GCN Circular #39172
The Fermi GBM team reports the detection of a likely LONG GRB
At 19:51:31 UT on 6 Feb 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250206A (trigger 760564296.928588 / 250206827).
The on-ground calculated location, using the Fermi GBM trigger data, is RA = 222.1, Dec = -65.0 (J2000 degrees, equivalent to J2000 14h 48m, -65d 00'), with a statistical uncertainty of 1.7 degrees.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 33.0 degrees.
The skymap can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_skymap_all_bn250206827.png
The HEALPix FITS file, including the estimated localization systematic, can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_healpix_all_bn250206827.fit
The GBM light curve can be found here: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2025/bn250206827/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn250206827.gif
GCN Circular #39173
T. Preis (University of Innsbruck) & J. Greiner (MPE Garching) report:
The public trigdat data of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) trigger 760564296 at 19:51:31 on 06 Feb. 2025 were automatically fitted for spectrum and sky location with BALROG (Burgess et al. 2018, MNRAS 476, 1427; Berlato et al. 2019, ApJ 873, 60).
The best-fit position is:
```
RA(2000.0) = 222.4 deg
Decl.(2000.0) = -63.8 deg
```
The 1 sigma statistical error radius is 2.6 deg. We estimate an additional systematic error of 1 deg.
Further details are available at: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB250206827/
The Healpix map can be downloaded from: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB250206827/healpix
The location parameters are available as JSON at: https://grb.mpe.mpg.de/grb/GRB250206827/json
GCN Circular #39233
R. Gupta (NASA GSFC), S. Lopez (CNRS / IN2P3), and A. Holzmann Airasca (UniTrento and INFN Bari) on behalf of the Fermi-LAT Collaboration:
On February 06, 2025, Fermi-LAT detected high-energy emission from GRB 250206A, which was also detected by Fermi-GBM (trigger 760564296 / 250206827, GCN 39172).
The best LAT on-ground location is found to be:
RA, Dec = 225.31, -62.26 (J2000)
with an error radius of 0.56 deg (90 % containment, statistical error only). This was 33 deg from the LAT boresight at the time of the GBM trigger (T0 = 19:51:31.93 UT). The data from the Fermi-LAT shows a significant increase in the event rate that is spatially and temporally correlated with the GBM emission with high significance. The photon flux above 100 MeV in the time interval 0 - 90 s after the GBM trigger is (2.1 ± 0.7) E-5 ph/cm2/s. The estimated photon index above 100 MeV is 2.1 ± 0.3.
The highest-energy photon is a 1.4 GeV event which is observed ~ 16 seconds after the GBM trigger.
A Swift ToO has been approved for this burst.
The Fermi-LAT point of contact for this burst is Rahul Gupta (rahulbhu.c157@gmail.com).
The Fermi-LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
GCN Circular #39236
D. Murphy, C. McKenna, C. de Barra, A. Ulyanov, P. McDermott, M. Doyle, R. Dunwoody, J. Mangan, G. Finneran, G. Corcoran, L. Cotter, A. Empey, J. Fisher, F. Gibson Kiely, J. Thompson, D. McKeown, A. Martin-Carrillo, L. Hanlon, S. McBreen, on behalf of the EIRSAT-1 team:
EIRSAT-1 reports the detection of the long gamma-ray burst GRB250206A by the Gamma-ray Module (GMOD) instrument, which was also detected by Fermi GBM (GCN [39172](https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/39172)). The detection was made starting at 2025-02-06 19:51:22.4 UTC.
The GMOD light curve for GRB250206A with 1.2s binning shows a long burst with two pulses, separated by 7.2 seconds, consistent with that seen by NASA Fermi-GBM. The 3rd softer pulse is not detected by GMOD. The spacecraft location at the time of detection was 5.095 N, 35.194 E at an altitude of 439.8 km.
The GMOD light curve for this event can be found here: https://grb.eirsat1.ie/250206A/250206A_LC_onboard_preliminary.png
EIRSAT-1 is Ireland’s first satellite (Doyle et al. Proceedings of the 4th SSEA, 2022). It is a 2U CubeSat and carries onboard a number of experiments including the Gamma-Ray Module (GMOD), a novel, compact, gamma-ray detector (Murphy et al, Experimental Astronomy, 53, 961–990, 2022). GMOD consists of a 25 mm × 25 mm × 40 mm Cerium Bromide scintillator coupled to SiPMs and is designed to detect gamma-ray bursts in the ~ 60 keV - 1.5 MeV range. EIRSAT-1 was developed in University College Dublin with support from ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! programme and was launched on 1st December 2023.
GCN Circular #39239
P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team:
Swift has initiated a series of observations, tiled on the sky, of the Fermi/LAT GRB 250206A. Automated analysis of the XRT data will be presented online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00132
Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. The probability of finding serendipitous sources, unrelated to the Fermi/LAT event is high: any X-ray source considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a GCN Circular after manual consideration.
Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177 and 2014, ApJS, 210, 8).
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #39248
T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB), M. A. Williams (PSU), S. Dichiara (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB) and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the Fermi/LAT-detected burst GRB 250206A in a series of observations tiled on the sky. The total exposure time is 4.3 ks, distributed over 10 tiles; the maximum exposure at a single sky location in the tiling was 978 s. The data were collected between T0+162.0 ks and T0+179.3 ks, and are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode.
Three uncatalogued X-ray sources have been detected, however none of them is above the RASS limit or shows definitive signs of fading. Therefore, at the present time we cannot identify which, if any, is the afterglow. Details of these sources are given below:
Source 1:
```
  RA (J2000.0):  224.6223  =  14:58:29.34
  Dec (J2000.0): -62.7146  =  -62:42:52.5
  Error: 8.2 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.)
  Count-rate: 0.0205 [+0.0125, -0.0089] ct s^-1   
  Distance: 1996 arcsec from Fermi/LAT position.
```
Source 3:
```
  RA (J2000.0):  225.3635  =  15:01:27.23
  Dec (J2000.0): -62.3210  =  -62:19:15.4
  Error: 17.4 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.)
  Count-rate: (7.8 [+5.0, -3.6])e-3 ct s^-1   
  Distance: 236 arcsec from Fermi/LAT position.
```
Source 4:
```
  RA (J2000.0):  225.7331  =  15:02:55.95
  Dec (J2000.0): -62.5032  =  -62:30:11.4
  Error: 8.8 arcsec (radius, 90% conf.)
  Count-rate: (9.0 [+5.1, -3.7])e-3 ct s^-1   
  Distance: 1124 arcsec from Fermi/LAT position.
```
A catalogued source was also detected.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis of the tiled XRT observations, including a position-specific upper limit calculator, are available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00132.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #39283
A. Ridnaia, D. Frederiks, A. Lysenko, D. Svinkin, A. Tsvetkova, M. Ulanov, and T. Cline, on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The long-duration GRB GRB 250206A (Fermi-GBM detection: Fermi GBM team, GCN 39172; BALROG localization: Preis & Greiner, GCN 39173; Fermi-LAT detection: Gupta et al., GCN 39233; EIRSAT-1 GMOD detection: Murphy et al., GCN 39236) triggered Konus-Wind at T0=71491.594 s UT (19:51:31.594).
The burst light curve shows two multipeaked episodes started at ~T0-3.6 s with a total duration of ~75.6 s. The emission is seen up to ~4 MeV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB250206_T71491/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst had a fluence of 2.44(-0.09,+0.10)x10^-5 erg/cm2, and a 64-ms peak flux, measured from T0+9.072 s, of 2.91(-0.44,+0.44)x10^-6 erg/cm2/s (both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum of the burst (measured from T0 to T0+73.984 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 10 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model: dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with alpha = -0.76(-0.10,+0.11) and Ep = 205(-11,+13) keV (chi2 = 87/98 dof). Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep, and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -2.4 (chi2 = 85/97 dof).
The spectrum near the maximum count rate (measured from T0+8.448 to T0+16.640 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 10 MeV range by a power law with exponential cutoff model: dN/dE ~ (E^alpha)*exp(-E*(2+alpha)/Ep) with alpha = -0.06(-0.13,+0.13) and Ep = 223(-9,+10) keV (chi2 = 85/82 dof). Fitting by a GRB (Band) model yields the same alpha and Ep, and an upper limit on the high energy photon index: beta < -3.4 (chi2 = 85/81 dof).
All the quoted errors are at the 68% confidence level. All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular #39290
O. Mukherjee (USRA) and C. Meegan (UAH) report on behalf of the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor Team:
"At 19:51:31.93 UT on 06 February 2025, the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 250206A (trigger 760564296/250206827). which was also detected by Fermi-LAT (Gupta et al. 2025, GCN 39233) and Konus-Wind (Ridnaia et al. 2025, GCN 39283). The Fermi GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Fermi-LAT position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight is 33 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of a multipeaked emission episode followed by a single peaked emission episode with a duration (T90) of about 64.3 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-2.0 to T0+79.9 s is best fit by a Band function with Epeak = 187 +/- 8 keV, alpha = -0.73 +/- 0.04, and beta = -2.6 +/- 0.2.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (2.66 +/- 0.05)E-05 erg/cm^2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured starting from T0+1.7 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 10.4 +/- 0.3 ph/s/cm^2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page: https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
GCN Circular #39451
M. Dafcikova, J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory), N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno (Hiroshima U.), L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), F. Munz , M. Topinka, F. Hroch, N. Husarikova, J.-P. Breuer (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo (Needronix), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory), T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL ZCU) -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.
The long-duration GRB 250206A (Fermi/GBM detection: GCN 39172; Fermi/LAT detection: GCN 39233; EIRSAT-1/GMOD detection: GCN 39236; Konus/Wind detection: GCN 39283; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS peak detection at 2025-02-06 ~19:51:45 UTC) was detected by the GRB detectors on board of the VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat (https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/).
The data acquisition was performed by the GRB detector units no. 0 and no. 1. The detection was confirmed at the peak time 2025-02-06 19:51:43 (19:51:46) UTC. The T90 duration is 67 s (63 s) and the significance during T90 reaches 11 sigma (17 sigma) for detector unit no. 0 (no. 1).
The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here: https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB250206A_GCN_VZLUSAT2.pdf
All VZLUSAT-2 detections are listed at: https://monoceros.physics.muni.cz/hea/VZLUSAT-2/ The GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future CubeSat constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022 January 13 from Cape Canaveral.

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