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Swift Trigger: 285948

Presumed name: GRB 070724A

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BAT	01h 51m 16.32s, -18° 37′ 19.2″
position:	(27.818, -18.622 ± 180″)
XRT	01h 51m 13.58s, -18° 35′ 39.8″
position:	(27.8066, -18.5944 ± 5.8″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.013 mag

Best RA:	01h 51m 13.58s	= 27.8066 d
Best Dec:	-18° 35′ 39.8″	= -18.5944 d
Gal Lat:
Gal Long:
Sun angle:	not found

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GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

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Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

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XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
4.5′′	27.80770	-18.59510		GCN #6654	GRB 070724: Swift detection of a burst
4.7′′	27.80760	-18.59351		GCN #6667	Four radio sources in Swift-XRT error box of GRB 070724
5.3′′	27.80815	-18.59448		GCN #6659	GRB 070724: Swift-XRT Team refined analysis
6.7′′	27.80854	-18.59419		GCN #6658	GRB 070724: Pre-Imaging Shows a Source in the XRT Error Circle
7.0′′	27.80854	-18.59503		GCN #6664	GRB 070724: P60 and Gemini Observations
81.7′′	27.82400	-18.61000		GCN #6656	GRB 070724� Swift-BAT refined analysis of a short burst

There are 14 matches in total. See the full table for details.

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
5.4	27.8082	-18.5945	GRB 070724

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

X-ray sources

	RA*	Dec*		Source table2	Observatory	Query

Queried the X-ray MASTER catalogue.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

¹Energy band for count-rate is mission specific.

Galaxies

	RA*	Dec*	Redshift		Catalogue	Query
5.3	27.8079	-18.5944	0.457000		NED
5.6	27.8083	-18.5944			NED
5.8	27.8078	-18.5933		B1=20.9, R2=20.3	USNO-B1
7.0	27.8087	-18.5942			NED
22.2	27.8035	-18.5998		B=21.7, R2=19.7, i=18.7	SSS
23.1	27.8034	-18.6001		B2=21.5, I=18.9, R1=19.0, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
29.4	27.8040	-18.6022		B=22.4	SSS
45.8	27.8148	-18.5843		B1=19.6, B2=18.5, I=18.4, R1=18.5, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
51.8	27.8086	-18.5801		B=21.5, R2=20.0	SSS
66.2	27.7879	-18.5994		Mag=19.4	NED

Queried APM-N, SDSS, PSCz, SSS, NED, 2MASSX, USNO-B1.

There are 54 galaxies within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example

Stars

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue	Query
27.1	27.8008	-18.5892	B2=21.3, R2=21.0	USNO-B1
51.4	27.8085	-18.5802	B1=21.0, B2=21.2	USNO-B1
71.6	27.7858	-18.5972	B1=20.9, I=18.9, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
79.6	27.7833	-18.5959	B1=20.8, B2=21.7, R2=21.0	USNO-B1
83.8	27.8282	-18.6054	B1=17.0, B2=16.6, I=15.9, R1=15.8, R2=15.8	USNO-B1
84.1	27.8283	-18.6054	h=14.9, j=15.3, k=14.9	2MASS
88.1	27.8025	-18.5702	B2=21.0, I=18.2, R1=19.3, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
91.9	27.7899	-18.6145	B2=21.9, R1=20.1	USNO-B1
96.9	27.8312	-18.6079	B1=20.9, B2=21.8, I=19.2, R1=19.4, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
98.6	27.7950	-18.6195	B2=20.4, I=19.1, R1=19.8, R2=20.0	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 59 stars within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example.