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Swift Trigger: 682059

Presumed name: GRB 160408A

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BAT	08h 10m 13.68s, +71° 08′ 24.0″
position:	(122.557, 71.140 ± 180″)
XRT	08h 10m 29.40s, +71° 07′ 40.8″
position:	(122.6225, 71.1280 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	3.82×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.027 mag

Best RA:	08h 10m 29.40s	= 122.6225 d
Best Dec:	+71° 07′ 40.8″	= 71.1280 d
Gal Lat:	31.93
Gal Long:	143.95
Sun angle:	87.98°, -7.0 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #4 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 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 08 10 29.38 (71.1280)
  • Dec (J2000): +71 07 40.9 ( 71.12742)
  • Error (90%): 2.1
  • Counts in Source: 103

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
1.9′′	122.62350	71.12840		GCN #19260	GRB 160408A: Swift detection of a short burst
2.8′′	122.62470	71.12831		GCN #19261	GRB 160408A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
40.8′′	122.62217	71.11667		GCN #19262	GRB 160408A: Gemini optical observations
71.6′′	122.56100	71.12800		GCN #19263	GRB 160408A: 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
25.1	122.6299	71.1215		B2=20.1, R1=19.8	USNO-B1
44.1	122.6494	71.1194		B2=19.8, I=18.5, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
45.2	122.6506	71.1193		B=20.4, R=19.4	APM-N
60.5	122.5786	71.1190		B=21.8, R=20.0	APM-N
66.8	122.6044	71.1104		B=21.7, R=20.0	APM-N
68.2	122.6808	71.1297			NED
82.1	122.6561	71.1080		B1=20.6, I=18.7	USNO-B1
84.2	122.6573	71.1075		B=21.8, R=20.0	APM-N
89.3	122.6196	71.1032		B=21.4, R=20.0	APM-N
90.9	122.6175	71.1532		B2=20.9, I=18.6, R1=19.6, R2=19.2	USNO-B1

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

There are 51 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
26.7	122.6333	71.1215	B2=20.1, R1=19.6	USNO-B1
45.1	122.6504	71.1193	B1=20.3, B2=20.4, I=18.8, R1=18.8, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
56.1	122.6380	71.1427	B2=21.2, R1=19.9, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
69.0	122.6815	71.1298	B2=20.5, I=18.7, R1=19.3, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
73.4	122.6163	71.1077	B1=20.8, B2=21.4, I=18.7, R1=19.0, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
77.3	122.5576	71.1235	h=15.5, j=16.4, k=15.3	2MASS
77.7	122.5572	71.1235	B1=20.0, B2=19.1, I=17.7, R1=17.7, R2=17.8	USNO-B1
89.8	122.5894	71.1505	h=14.1, j=14.7, k=13.8	2MASS
89.9	122.5893	71.1505	B1=20.0, B2=19.2, I=16.0, R1=16.9, R2=17.3	USNO-B1
90.7	122.6970	71.1354	B2=21.0, I=18.8, R1=19.8, R2=20.3	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 74 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.