Swift Trigger: 514586

Presumed name: GRB 120211A

BAT	05^h 51^m 00.24^s, -24° 45′ 32.4″
position:	(87.751, -24.759 ± 180″)
XRT	05^h 51^m 00.91^s, -24° 46′ 32.9″
position:	(87.7538, -24.7758 ± 2.4″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	1.73×10²⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.031 mag

Best RA:	05^h 51^m 00.91^s	= 87.7538 d
Best Dec:	-24° 46′ 32.9″	= -24.7758 d

Gal Lat:	-23.68
Gal Long:	229.76

Sun angle:	112.46°, -8.2 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #2 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

View this region in Aladin.

Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 9 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 05 51 00.92 (-24.7756)
- Dec (J2000): -24 46 32.2 ( -24.77459)
- Error (90%): 2.2
- Counts in Source: 130

See the SPER page for details of how this position was produced.

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
2.1′′	87.75371	-24.77522	GCN #12922	GRB 120211A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
3.8′′	87.75354	-24.77478	GCN #12920	GRB 120211A: Swift detection of a burst
9.2′′	87.75328	-24.77329	GCN #12921	GRB 120211A - Faulkes Telescope South Observations
112.6′′	87.78100	-24.79500	GCN #12924	GRB 120211A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name
25.2	87.7604	-24.7722	[ABS98] J055102.5-244620.4
84.5	87.7764	-24.7644	2MFGC 4736	H=13.403, J=14.267, K=13.112
195.2	87.7558	-24.8300	[ABS98] J055101.4-244948.0

There are 3 SIMBAD objects within the position error. The full list is here.

* 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
21.7	87.7472	-24.7766		B=22.0, R2=19.8	SSS
25.0	87.7604	-24.7722	0.101900	Mag=18.8	NED
33.6	87.7473	-24.7685		B2=20.5, I=18.8, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
41.3	87.7558	-24.7645		I=18.6, R2=23.3	USNO-B1
71.5	87.7335	-24.7831		B=20.2, R2=18.4, i=17.6	SSS
73.9	87.7360	-24.7885		B=22.3	SSS
77.4	87.7452	-24.7558		B2=20.4, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
78.0	87.7495	-24.7545		B=18.5, R2=17.3, i=16.5	SSS
78.1	87.7495	-24.7545		B1=17.8, B2=17.8, I=16.5, R1=16.9, R2=16.8	USNO-B1
78.2	87.7617	-24.7963		B2=20.1, I=18.8	USNO-B1

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

There are 67 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
9.2	87.7533	-24.7733	B1=20.1, I=18.7, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
10.5	87.7522	-24.7783	B1=20.5, B2=20.2, I=17.6, R1=18.2, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
10.7	87.7521	-24.7784	h=15.4, j=16.1, k=15.2	2MASS
21.7	87.7472	-24.7767	B1=21.0, I=18.6, R2=19.8	USNO-B1
26.6	87.7610	-24.7723	h=15.5, j=16.1, k=14.9	2MASS
26.7	87.7610	-24.7722	B1=18.6, B2=16.6, I=16.4, R1=16.8, R2=16.4	USNO-B1
28.9	87.7522	-24.7679	B2=20.4, R1=20.0, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
29.5	87.7560	-24.7838	B1=20.0, B2=19.7, I=18.5, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
50.1	87.7502	-24.7893	B1=20.6, B2=19.6, I=16.7, R1=17.9, R2=18.0	USNO-B1
50.1	87.7503	-24.7894	h=15.1, j=15.8, k=14.8	2MASS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 169 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.