High time resolution observation of the transient event of 5 March 1979
Abstract
The detection of an intense gamma ray burst with the monitor proportional counter on the HEAO 2 spacecraft is discussed with particular emphasis on the measurement of the time of onset of the event. Based on the mean observed counting rate in the burst and assuming a sharp rise, the uncertainty in the burst onset is found to be + or - 220 microseconds. The time of occurrence was 57124.826908 + or - 0.000220 s UT on March 5, 1979, and the location of the HEAO 2 satellite at this time was latitude 22.15 deg, longitude -27.60 deg at an altitude of 525.0 km.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8025268W
- Keywords:
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- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Radio Bursts;
- Time Measurement;
- Gamma Rays;
- Heao 2;
- Radiation Counters;
- Satellite Observation;
- Venera Satellites;
- Space Radiation