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Original Paper
GCN and VOEvent: A status report
Article first published online: 4 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/asna.200710954
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Barthelmy, S. (2008), GCN and VOEvent: A status report. Astron. Nachr., 329: 340–342. doi: 10.1002/asna.200710954
Publication History
- Issue published online: 4 MAR 2008
- Article first published online: 4 MAR 2008
- Manuscript Accepted: 25 NOV 2007
- Manuscript Received: 25 SEP 2007
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Keywords:
- astronomical databases: miscellaneous;
- gamma-rays: bursts
Abstract
The GRB Coordinates Network (GCN) has filled an important niche in the conduct and progress of research on GRB for more than 14 years. The methods used to collect and distribute the positions, lightcurves, spectra, and images on GRB in real time (a few seconds) will be reviewed. For the research on GRBs to continue to move forward and for other fields of transient astronomy to move forward, enhancements are needed to the GCN. VOEvents is one of those changes, and that addition will be described here. The enhanced system will be called VO-GCN. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)