“On the night of last June 7, alerted by the gamma-spotting Swift satellite, astronomers at Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea dropped their main project and refocused on the gamma burst within 15 minutes, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.”
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/hawaiinews/20090109_Big_Isle_team_assesses_star_burst.html
Missed that somehow... obviously I need more caffeine.