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Swift Trigger: 526351

Presumed name: GRB 120712A

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BAT	11h 18m 25.20s, -20° 03′ 39.6″
position:	(169.605, -20.061 ± 180″)
XRT	11h 18m 21.14s, -20° 02′ 03.1″
position:	(169.5881, -20.0342 ± 2.3″)
UVOT	11h 18m 21.22s, -20° 02′ 01.7″
position:	(169.5884, -20.0338 ± 1.1″)
Galactic NHI:	3.59×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	11h 18m 21.22s	= 169.5884 d
Best Dec:	-20° 02′ 01.7″	= -20.0338 d
Gal Lat:	37.73
Gal Long:	274.94
Sun angle:	70.11°, -3.8 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #2 auto processing.

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GCN Notices for this burst.

View this region in Aladin.

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.

There are 8 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 11 18 21.14 (-20.0341)
  • Dec (J2000): -20 02 02.7 ( -20.03365)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 620

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

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

Click on the offset to view the transient announcement.

Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.2′′	169.58846	-20.03383		GCN #13454	GRB 120712A: Swift detection of a burst with optical afterglow
0.5′′	169.58854	-20.03381		GCN #13461	GRB 120712A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.7′′	169.58850	-20.03397		GCN #13456	GRB 120712A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
69.8′′	169.59833	-20.05081		GCN #13455	GRB 120712A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

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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

* 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
50.9	169.5732	-20.0361		B=22.5	SSS
64.6	169.5694	-20.0304		B1=20.3, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
91.7	169.5945	-20.0095		B=22.0	SSS
91.7	169.6037	-20.0550		B=20.1, R2=18.4, i=17.9	SSS
101.0	169.5670	-20.0144		B=20.0, R2=19.3	SSS
109.5	169.5646	-20.0133		B=18.6, R2=16.9, i=16.5	SSS
111.0	169.5636	-20.0137		B=19.1, R2=16.9, i=17.9	SSS
119.5	169.6176	-20.0159		R1=19.9, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
125.1	169.6183	-20.0141		B=21.5, R2=19.3, i=18.9	SSS
129.4	169.6147	-20.0600		B=21.6, R2=20.2	SSS

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

There are 25 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
37.2	169.5831	-20.0250	h=16.0, j=16.5, k=15.8	2MASS
37.4	169.5830	-20.0250	B1=17.8, B2=18.3, I=17.4, R1=18.1, R2=17.5	USNO-B1
40.8	169.5761	-20.0345	B1=17.8, B2=18.0, I=15.7, R1=16.4, R2=16.6	USNO-B1
40.9	169.5760	-20.0344	h=14.3, j=14.9, k=14.2	2MASS
41.4	169.6002	-20.0322	B2=20.0, I=18.4, R2=18.8	USNO-B1
47.7	169.6015	-20.0300	h=10.9, j=11.4, k=10.8	2MASS
48.2	169.5810	-20.0458	h=15.6, j=16.3, k=15.3	2MASS
48.6	169.5810	-20.0460	B2=20.2, I=17.8, R1=19.4, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
49.4	169.6023	-20.0310	B1=11.8, B2=11.9, I=10.4, R1=10.8, R2=11.1	USNO-B1
51.1	169.6030	-20.0317	h=11.5, j=11.7, k=11.4	2MASS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 116 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.