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Swift Trigger: 312047

Presumed name: GRB 080520

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BAT	18h 40m 46.08s, -55° 00′ 14.4″
position:	(280.192, -55.004 ± 180″)
XRT	18h 40m 46.52s, -54° 59′ 31.2″
position:	(280.19384, -54.99199 ± 2.7″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.082 mag

Best RA:	18h 40m 46.52s	= 280.19384 d
Best Dec:	-54° 59′ 31.2″	= -54.99199 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
1.2′′	280.19337	-54.99181		GCN #7753	GRB 080520: Swift detection of a burst with optical afterglow
1.4′′	280.19383	-54.99161		GCN #7755	GRB 080520: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
104.7′′	280.17875	-54.96422		GCN #7761	GRB 080520� Swift-BAT refined analysis

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
104.7	280.1787	-54.9642	GRB 080520

* 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
23.6	280.2051	-54.9909		B=19.9, R2=18.8, i=18.0	SSS
28.7	280.2076	-54.9930		B2=18.3, I=17.1, R1=17.1, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
31.3	280.1948	-54.9833		B=20.9, R2=19.8	SSS
34.0	280.1945	-54.9826		B=19.9, R2=18.8, i=17.9	SSS
35.1	280.1897	-54.9825		B=20.1, R2=18.2, i=17.1	SSS
36.2	280.1894	-54.9823		I=17.5, R1=18.0	USNO-B1
46.2	280.1886	-55.0044		B2=18.1, I=16.4, R1=16.6, R2=17.0	USNO-B1
47.6	280.1773	-55.0012		B=22.6, R2=20.6, i=19.2	SSS
49.4	280.2131	-55.0001		B=22.3	SSS
52.9	280.1769	-55.0030		B=22.0, R2=20.0, i=18.5	SSS

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

There are 121 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
7.6	280.1902	-54.9917	B2=18.7, I=17.9, R1=17.6, R2=18.0	USNO-B1
17.7	280.1969	-54.9874	h=15.0, j=15.4, k=15.1	2MASS
17.9	280.1970	-54.9874	B2=17.9, I=16.0, R1=16.2, R2=16.6	USNO-B1
22.8	280.1933	-54.9857	h=15.1, j=15.8, k=15.2	2MASS
23.2	280.1826	-54.9924	B2=17.3, I=15.9, R1=15.9, R2=16.3	USNO-B1
23.4	280.1825	-54.9924	h=15.0, j=15.3, k=14.8	2MASS
23.4	280.1933	-54.9855	B2=18.5, I=16.3, R1=16.9, R2=17.1	USNO-B1
23.5	280.2050	-54.9908	B2=18.7, I=18.2, R1=18.4, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
28.3	280.2074	-54.9932	h=16.6, j=16.5, k=15.7	2MASS
33.4	280.1947	-54.9827	B2=18.6, I=18.1, R1=18.0, R2=18.9	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 433 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.