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Swift Trigger: 536580

Presumed name: GRB 121024A

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BAT	04h 41m 52.08s, -12° 16′ 08.4″
position:	(70.467, -12.269 ± 180″)
XRT	04h 41m 53.09s, -12° 17′ 28.1″
position:	(70.47122, -12.29115 ± 3.7″)
UVOT	04h 41m 53.28s, -12° 17′ 26.5″
position:	(70.4720, -12.2907 ± 0.8″)
Galactic NHI:	5.41×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	04h 41m 53.28s	= 70.4720 d
Best Dec:	-12° 17′ 26.5″	= -12.2907 d
Gal Lat:	-34.25
Gal Long:	209.52
Sun angle:	132.15°, 9.2 hr West

¹Sper #3 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 3 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1
  • RA (J2000) : 04 41 53.09 ( 70.47122)
  • Dec (J2000): -12 17 28.1 ( -12.29115)
  • Error (90%): 3.660"
  • Counts in Source: 340

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
0.3′′	70.47200	-12.29078		GCN #13886	GRB 121024A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
0.7′′	70.47208	-12.29053		GCN #13894	GRB 121024A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
4.4′′	70.47079	-12.29100		GCN #13892	GRB 121024A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
131.5′′	70.48125	-12.25531		GCN #13899	GRB 121024A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around UVOT 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
59.0	70.4557	-12.2869	TYC 5324-1042-1	B=12.53, V=11.35

* 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
24.0	70.4658	-12.2933			NED
24.2	70.4657	-12.2934		h=0.0, j=15.7, k=14.0	2MASS
32.9	70.4736	-12.2817		I=18.6, R1=19.6	USNO-B1
47.0	70.4591	-12.2875		B1=20.6, B2=20.8	USNO-B1
52.8	70.4860	-12.2960		B1=20.4, B2=20.1	USNO-B1
58.5	70.4555	-12.2925		B2=20.7, R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
60.6	70.4727	-12.3075		B=21.9, R2=20.6	SSS
72.3	70.4925	-12.2893		B2=20.2, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
80.1	70.4699	-12.3128		B2=20.6, I=17.9, R1=18.3, R2=18.8	USNO-B1
81.5	70.4492	-12.2869		B2=20.7, R2=19.4	USNO-B1

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

There are 50 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
24.0	70.4657	-12.2933	h=15.5, j=16.2, k=15.0	2MASS
24.1	70.4657	-12.2934	B1=19.5, B2=18.9, I=17.2, R1=16.7, R2=16.9	USNO-B1
25.5	70.4676	-12.2851	B2=20.2, I=18.5, R1=19.6, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
25.6	70.4652	-12.2933	B2=20.6, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
32.6	70.4632	-12.2877	B1=20.5, B2=20.5, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
38.7	70.4682	-12.2806	h=15.1, j=15.7, k=15.3	2MASS
39.0	70.4682	-12.2805	B1=18.4, B2=18.2, I=16.6, R1=16.3, R2=16.5	USNO-B1
46.0	70.4595	-12.2871	B2=20.6, I=18.1	USNO-B1
59.0	70.4557	-12.2869	h=9.7, j=10.1, k=9.7	2MASS
59.3	70.4553	-12.2927	B2=20.2, R2=20.4	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 101 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.