AAVSO Observer Code CMJA / Minor Planet Centre Observatory Code H61 / Global Telescope Network Partner GTN-33 / Center for Backyard Astrophysics
Gamma Ray Bursts
Image courtesy GCN
Newcastle Observatory provides follow-up confirmation and photometry on gamma ray burts (GRBs) in support of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Gamma Ray Coordinates Network (GCN). The Observatory is an optical site as shown in this GCN network illustration.