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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  
      Detection2  
      Dist from 
      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  
      Detection2  
      Dist from 
      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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