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Swift Trigger: 666352

Presumed name: GRB 151205A

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BAT	15h 17m 07.68s, +35° 46′ 08.4″
position:	(229.282, 35.769 ± 180″)
XRT	15h 17m 09.41s, +35° 44′ 38.0″
position:	(229.2892, 35.7439 ± 2.3″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	1.49×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.019 mag

Best RA:	15h 17m 09.41s	= 229.2892 d
Best Dec:	+35° 44′ 38.0″	= 35.7439 d
Gal Lat:	57.95
Gal Long:	57.68
Sun angle:	61.82°, 1.5 hr West

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 5 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 15 17 09.39 (35.7440)
  • Dec (J2000): +35 44 38.4 ( 35.74448)
  • Error (90%): 2.1
  • Counts in Source: 375

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
0.0′′	229.28920	35.74390		GCN #18657	GRB 151205A: Swift detection of a burst
1.7′′	229.28862	35.74392		GCN #18658	GRB 151205A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
83.3′′	229.29100	35.76700		GCN #18668	GRB 151205A� 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
146.8	229.3392	35.7475	FIRST J151721.4+354450
161.6	229.3226	35.7797	FIRST J151717.4+354646

* 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
17.8	229.2842	35.7469		Mag=21.1	NED
17.8	229.2844	35.7469		R=21.1, g=21.5, i=20.7, u=22.0, z=21.5	SDSS
19.1	229.2937	35.7478		R=24.2, g=24.6, i=22.2, u=23.1, z=23.4	SDSS
22.1	229.2904	35.7500		Mag=14.5	NED
22.2	229.2939	35.7391		B=21.5, R=19.9	APM-N
29.4	229.2906	35.7520		R=22.3, g=23.3, i=21.8, u=24.3, z=21.2	SDSS
29.5	229.2904	35.7519		Mag=23.3	NED
37.1	229.2871	35.7540		R=20.3, g=21.3, i=19.8, u=22.1, z=19.5	SDSS
37.1	229.2871	35.7542		Mag=21.1	NED
37.5	229.2833	35.7531		Mag=24.1	NED

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

There are 409 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
22.1	229.2903	35.7500	I=14.8, R=14.3, g=14.5, u=15.6, z=14.4	SDSS
22.2	229.2903	35.7500	h=13.6, j=13.7, k=13.6	2MASS
22.3	229.2903	35.7500	B1=14.3, B2=14.7, I=14.1, R1=14.1, R2=14.6	USNO-B1
37.1	229.2872	35.7541	B2=21.3, R1=20.1, R2=20.3	USNO-B1
37.5	229.2833	35.7531	I=23.6, R=22.9, g=24.1, u=23.3, z=22.3	SDSS
44.0	229.2836	35.7326	B1=20.9, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
56.2	229.3070	35.7381	I=21.0, R=21.3, g=21.9, u=22.7, z=20.5	SDSS
57.1	229.3077	35.7387	B2=21.4, R1=19.4	USNO-B1
59.3	229.3055	35.7341	I=24.2, R=23.9, g=25.5, u=22.2, z=23.7	SDSS
61.3	229.2822	35.7600	B1=20.5, R1=18.9	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 154 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.