re gamma ray bursters where are they in article apr midway uchicago edu pef midway uchicago edu writes batse by having detectors of its own can do its own location determination but only to within about degrees would someone at gsfc like david like to comment on the current state of location determination having inde pendent sightings by other detectors helps drive down the uncertainty well i ll avoid your question for now got some learnin to do with a promise to come back with more info when i can find it i do know that batse is the primary instrument in the development of the all sky map of long term sources given that fact and the spacecraft attitude knowledge of approx arcmin we might be able to figure out how well batse can determine the location rotational of a gamma ray burster from knowledge of the all sky map s accuracy pr material for the other three instruments give accuracies on the order of fractions of a degree if that s any help speaking of gro the net world probably was happy to see that the preps for orbit adjust appear to be going well our branch guy who s helping out says that things have gone smoothly with the iso valve preps and the burns will take place in mid june anyway i m off to find out more be back when i get some info david w gsfc i don t know nuthin bout measurin no gamma rays gone with the wind paraphrased
