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These pictures show the discovery observation of the X-ray afterglow
from the famous Gamma Ray Burst GRB970228 together with a follow-up observation
carried out three days after the event. By the time of the second observation
the X-ray afterglow dimmed below the BeppoSAX detectability threshold.
The plot to the right shows the rapid decay of the X-ray flux
coming from a different Gamma Ray Burst event which occurred on May 8 1997.
The X-ray intensity from this source decreased almost one
million times in less than one week.
Courtesy of the BeppoSAX Team, and L. Piro, IAS, CNR, Rome
Images courtesy of the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and the
BeppoSAX Science Data Center (SDC).
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