TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  966
SUBJECT: GRB010222: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations
DATE:    01/02/22 20:12:16 GMT
FROM:    Luigi Piro at IAS/CNR Frascati  <piro@ias.rm.cnr.it>

GRB010222: BeppoSAX/NFI Observations

A BeppoSAX TOO observation of GB010222 has started about 9
hours after the GRB.
A preliminary analysis of MECS(1.6-10 keV) image of the first orbit shows
a bright unknown source in the WFC error circle.

The position is:

RA(2000) = 223.052
Delta(2000) = 43.012

The error radius is 1 arcminute.

This source is consistent with the detected optical transient (GCN 962
and 963).

G. Gandolfi
on behalf of BeppoSAX Mission Scientist

[GCN OPS NOTE(22feb01):  A typo was corrected.
The phrase "...of GB010214 has started..."
was changed to "...of GB010222 has started...".]