Multi-wavelength Observations of Cyg X-3 During a Hard X-ray Flare

We present the results of multi-wavelength observations of the microquasar Cygnus X-3 which was detected by the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) onboard the Swift observatory to be in a hard X-ray (10-150 keV) flaring state on March 23, 2012. Since the VERITAS collaboration has initiated a plan to perform follow-up observations of hard X-ray transients detected by the BAT, this event prompted observations with the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes on the nights of March 24 and 27, 2012. A significant very high energy (VHE; E>100GeV) signal was not seen from the micro quasar. In addition to the BAT and VERITAS observations, we will present the results of an analysis of Fermi LAT data in the 200 - 300,000 MeV band from the flaring period. Although the exact physics are currently unclear, observations over the entire electromagnetic spectrum can provide insight to the physical phenomena producing the flares.