TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 67 SUBJECT: GRB980425 BATSE observations DATE: 98/05/08 21:46:07 GMT FROM: R Marc Kippen at BATSE/UAH/MSFC GRB 980425: BATSE Observations R. M. Kippen (University of Alabama in Huntsville) reports on behalf of the BATSE GRB team: GRB 980425 (IAUC 6884) was detected by BATSE on Apr. 25.90913 UT as trigger number 6707. The event consisted of a single pulse lasting about 40 s with little resolvable structure. Its peak flux (50-300 keV; integrated over 1 s) and fluence (> 20 keV) are 0.96 (-/+ 0.05) photons cmE-2 sE-1 and 4.0 (-/+ 0.6) x 10E-6 erg cmE-2, respectively, ranking it near the middle of the BATSE burst flux/fluence distribution. The BATSE location is consistent with that of the BeppoSAX-WFC and the reported SAX-NFI x-ray counterpart (GCN 61). Please note that this report has been delayed due to an interruption of BATSE data delivery from GSFC. Bursts are normally fully processed within a few days. The BATSE lightcurve and location map can be found at http://www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov/~kippen/batserbr/ This message is citeable.