Swift Trigger: 515015

Presumed name: GRB 120215A

BAT	02^h 00^m 07.68^s, +08° 47′ 31.2″
position:	(30.032, +8.792 ± 180″)
XRT	02^h 00^m 11.47^s, +08° 48′ 07.2″
position:	(30.0478, 8.8020 ± 2.3″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	5.40×10²⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.078 mag

Best RA:	02^h 00^m 11.47^s	= 30.0478 d
Best Dec:	+08° 48′ 07.2″	= 8.8020 d

Gal Lat:	-50.39
Gal Long:	150.2

Sun angle:	65.51°, -4.1 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #3 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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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 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 02 00 11.47 (8.8020)
- Dec (J2000): +08 48 07.1 ( 8.80226)
- Error (90%): 2.3
- Counts in Source: 160

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
1.2′′	30.04754	8.80219	GCN #12954	GRB 120215A: Swift detection of a burst
1.2′′	30.04754	8.80178	GCN #12957	GRB 120215A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
7.3′′	30.04754	8.80000	GCN #12979	=?WINDOWS-1251?Q?GRB_120215=C0�_the_review_of_the_sky_area_in_pl?= =?WINDOWS-1251?Q?ate_archives?=
53.3′′	30.05708	8.79039	GCN #12955	GRB 120215A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query

* 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*		Catalogue
48.5	30.0370	8.8102	B=21.9, R=18.8	APM-N
102.8	30.0353	8.7763	B2=20.9, I=19.0, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
109.6	30.0581	8.8307	B=21.9, R=19.0	APM-N
110.0	30.0434	8.7718	B=19.0, R=17.2	APM-N
128.7	30.0589	8.7680	B=21.0, R=18.1	APM-N
129.1	30.0607	8.7685	I=19.0, R1=19.6, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
142.9	30.0876	8.7970	B1=21.1, R1=19.5	USNO-B1
143.1	30.0332	8.8390	B=19.2, R=18.1	APM-N
154.2	30.0048	8.8077	B=21.8, R=18.5	APM-N
155.1	30.0045	8.8070	I=17.6, R1=19.0, R2=17.8	USNO-B1

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

There are 20 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
48.9	30.0370	8.8104	B1=20.6, B2=20.8, I=17.9, R1=18.8, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
75.4	30.0614	8.8180	B1=21.1, B2=20.3, I=19.0, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
80.2	30.0592	8.7828	B1=19.2, B2=19.5, I=15.8, R1=16.4, R2=16.5	USNO-B1
80.6	30.0593	8.7827	h=14.0, j=14.7, k=14.0	2MASS
83.5	30.0689	8.7919	h=15.9, j=16.9, k=15.4	2MASS
83.5	30.0689	8.7918	B2=20.9, I=17.9, R1=19.1, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
96.0	30.0225	8.7927	B2=20.5, I=18.7, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
101.8	30.0358	8.7763	I=18.8, R1=19.6, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
103.9	30.0734	8.8159	B1=19.9, B2=20.2, I=18.3, R1=18.5, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
104.0	30.0188	8.8059	B1=19.6, B2=20.2, I=18.4, R1=19.1, R2=19.0	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 57 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.