Swift Trigger: 515375

Presumed name: GRB 120219A

BAT	08^h 39^m 10.32^s, +51° 01′ 30.0″
position:	(129.793, +51.025 ± 180″)
XRT	08^h 39^m 09.55^s, +51° 01′ 53.4″
position:	(129.7898, 51.0315 ± 2.4″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	3.48×10²⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.025 mag

Best RA:	08^h 39^m 09.55^s	= 129.7898 d
Best Dec:	+51° 01′ 53.4″	= 51.0315 d

Gal Lat:	37.45
Gal Long:	167.86

Sun angle:	136.35°, -10.5 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

u image

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 4 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 08 39 09.58 (51.0315)
- Dec (J2000): +51 01 53.3 ( 51.03163)
- Error (90%): 2.3
- Counts in Source: 220

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
1.3′′	129.79025	51.03172	GCN #12967	GRB 120219A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
2.2′′	129.79004	51.03208	GCN #12976	GRB 120219A: 1.23m CAHA optical observations
3.1′′	129.78979	51.03236	GCN #12966	GRB120219A: TNT optical afterglow candidates
5.6′′	129.79217	51.03194	GCN #12964	GRB 120219A: Swift detection of a burst
53.4′′	129.79025	51.01667	GCN #12987	GRB 120219A� the review of the sky area in plate archives
187.0′′	129.86167	51.00594	GCN #12968	GRB 120219A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 11 matches in total. See the full table for details.

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

Click on the distance to view the full details (not available for sources from the SSS catalogue). Click on the column headers to sort the table on that column (click again to invert sort order).

SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
108.0	129.7803	51.0021	NVSS J083907+510007

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

X-ray sources

	RA*	Dec*		Source table²	Observatory	Query
136.8	129.7793	50.9941	4.010e-3 +/- 9.378e-4	2.900e-14	XMMSSC
184.8	129.8445	51.0696	5.432e-3 +/- 1.557e-3	3.800e-14	XMMSSC

Queried the X-ray MASTER catalogue.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

¹Energy band for count-rate is mission specific.

Galaxies

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue
30.7	129.7983	51.0381	Mag=20.9	NED
31.3	129.7982	51.0384	B=20.7, R=20.0	APM-N
36.2	129.7850	51.0219	Mag=23.5	NED
39.8	129.7812	51.0411	R=21.5, i=21.4, u=22.4, z=21.2	SDSS
40.2	129.7812	51.0413	R=21.9, g=22.8, i=21.3, u=23.6, z=20.7	SDSS
40.2	129.7812	51.0414	Mag=22.3	NED
43.3	129.8085	51.0289	R=21.0, g=22.2, i=20.3, u=23.5, z=20.2	SDSS
43.3	129.8083	51.0289	Mag=21.7	NED
43.8	129.7729	51.0378	Mag=16.0	NED
43.9	129.7731	51.0378	B1=16.0, B2=16.4, I=14.8, R1=15.5, R2=15.4	USNO-B1

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

There are 346 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
30.1	129.7770	51.0337	I=21.9, R=23.7, g=24.4, u=25.2, z=22.7	SDSS
30.7	129.7982	51.0382	I=20.4, R=20.6, g=20.9, u=22.6, z=20.4	SDSS
30.8	129.7981	51.0383	B1=20.4, B2=20.6, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
36.3	129.7851	51.0219	I=20.2, R=21.7, g=23.5, u=26.3, z=19.2	SDSS
37.5	129.7733	51.0312	I=22.0, R=25.4, g=26.0, u=26.3, z=22.0	SDSS
38.0	129.7889	51.0420	I=22.1, R=26.5, g=25.8, u=25.7, z=23.0	SDSS
40.9	129.8076	51.0294	R1=20.0, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
43.7	129.7732	51.0376	I=15.4, R=15.6, g=15.9, u=17.1, z=15.4	SDSS
43.8	129.7731	51.0377	h=14.3, j=14.6, k=14.4	2MASS
43.8	129.7732	51.0377	I=15.4, R=15.6, g=15.9, u=17.1, z=15.4	SDSS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 206 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.