AGILE is now detecting transient gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from a source positionally consistent with the FSRQ 3C 279. Integrating from 2014-07-30 17 42 UT to 2014-08-02 17 23 UT, a preliminary maximum likelihood analysis yields a detection above 100 MeV positioned at Galactic coordinates (l,b) = (305.31, 57.02) +/- 0.6 (stat.) +/- 0.1 (syst.).

We cross post this from GCN #19204, as we believe it will be of interest to the wider astronomical community. At 22 41 24 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located a burst from an apparent new Soft Gamma Repeater, SGR 0755-2933 (trigger=679432).