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GRB 160221A: Swift observation summary
Mission: INTEGRAL
GRB RA: 232.082°
GRB Dec: -28.434°
GRB Err: 2.5 arcmin
T0: 2016-02-21 23:49:26 UT
Galactic: 340.06° +22.90°
Galactic NH : 9.48× 1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V): 0.3050332
Source 1 has been manually confirmed as the GRB afterglow; data for this object are now available through the main GRB results area for this GRB .
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Probable afterglow details
A source was found which matches the afterglow criteria.
#
RA (J2000)
Dec (J2000)
Err90 1
Detection Flag2
Dist from INTEGRAL pos
Exposure
Notes
Vizier
1 [details ]
15h 28m 21.48s 232.08951°
-28° 27′ 18.4″ -28.45512°
4.1′′
Good
1.3′
2.5 ks
The source is fading.
Mean XRT rate: 1.42 (±0.25) ×10-2 ct s-1
Peak XRT rate: 1.42 (±0.25) ×10-2 ct s-1
RASS PSPC 3-σ upper limit: 0.03 ct s-1 (PSPC count-rate) Mean XRT rate converted to PSPC: 0.0166 (±0.0029) ct s-1
Peak XRT rate converted to PSPC: 0.0166 (±0.0029) ct s-1 Mean XRT flux: 4.7 (±0.8) ×10-13 erg cm-1 s-1
Peak XRT flux: 4.7 (±0.8) ×10-13 erg cm-1 s-1 Products: Light curve | Spectrum | Expected serendipitous sources: ~4.34×10-5 [What is this? ]
1 Radius, 90% confidence.
2 Indicates how likely the source is to be real. See the 1SXPS documentation .
* The position was enhanced using astrometry derived from the Swift UVOT.
† The position was astrometrically corrected using the XRT sources and the 2MASS catalogue.
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Sources found so far
So far 3 sources have been found in the XRT data. 2 sources match catalogued sources.
#
RA (J2000)
Dec (J2000)
Err90 1
Detection Flag2
Dist from INTEGRAL pos
Exposure
Notes
Vizier
1 [details ]
15h 28m 21.48s 232.08951°
-28° 27′ 18.4″ -28.45512°
4.1′′
Good
1.3′
2.5 ks
The source is fading.
Mean XRT rate: 1.42 (±0.25) ×10-2 ct s-1
Peak XRT rate: 1.42 (±0.25) ×10-2 ct s-1
RASS PSPC 3-σ upper limit: 0.03 ct s-1 (PSPC count-rate) Mean XRT rate converted to PSPC: 0.0166 (±0.0029) ct s-1
Peak XRT rate converted to PSPC: 0.0166 (±0.0029) ct s-1 Mean XRT flux: 4.7 (±0.8) ×10-13 erg cm-1 s-1
Peak XRT flux: 4.7 (±0.8) ×10-13 erg cm-1 s-1 Products: Light curve | Spectrum | Expected serendipitous sources: ~4.34×10-5 [What is this? ]
2 [details ]
15h 27m 37.31s 231.90548°
-28° 21′ 37.8″ -28.36050°
4.5′′
Good
10.3′
2.2 ks
A SIMBAD object matches this source's position: (Show )2MASX J15273740-2821403, 2.8′′ away
Mean XRT rate: 1.67 (±0.24) ×10-2 ct s-1
Peak XRT rate: 2.3 (±0.6) ×10-2 ct s-1
RASS PSPC 3-σ upper limit: 0.03 ct s-1 (PSPC count-rate) Mean XRT rate converted to PSPC: 2.2 (±0.3) ×10-3 ct s-1
Peak XRT rate converted to PSPC: 3.0 (±0.8) ×10-3 ct s-1 Mean XRT flux: 1.66 (±0.23) ×10-12 erg cm-1 s-1
Peak XRT flux: 2.3 (±0.6) ×10-12 erg cm-1 s-1 Products: Light curve | Spectrum | Expected serendipitous sources: ~5.72×10-4 [What is this? ]
3 [details ]
15h 28m 03.44s 232.01434°
-28° 31′ 25.4″ -28.52372°
5.1′′
Good
6.5′
2.6 ks
A SIMBAD object matches this source's position: (Show )AT20G J152803-283121, 6.8′′ away
Mean XRT rate: 2.6 (±0.9) ×10-3 ct s-1
Peak XRT rate: 2.6 (±0.9) ×10-3 ct s-1
RASS PSPC 3-σ upper limit: 0.03 ct s-1 (PSPC count-rate) Products: Light curve | Spectrum | Expected serendipitous sources: ~2.65×10-3 [What is this? ]
1 Radius, 90% confidence.
2 Indicates how likely the source is to be real. See the 1SXPS documentation .
* The position was enhanced using astrometry derived from the Swift UVOT.
† The position was astrometrically corrected using the XRT sources and the 2MASS catalogue.
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FITS exposure map .