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XRT position for GRB 231017A — Source 9
enhanced by UVOT field astrometry


RA (J2000):	05h 43m 27.45s (85.86435°)
Dec (J2000):	+56° 39′ 19.5′′ (56.65542°)
90% Error radius:	4.5′′
Number of overlaps included in position:	1
Exposure time in final position:	960 s

Total number of overlaps considered:	7
Total overlap time:	4929 s
Number of overlaps where no X-ray source was found:	5
Number of low-X-ray-count fits rejected:	0
Number of spurious fits rejected:	1
Number of bad astrometric corrections:	0
Number of outliers removed:	0

For details of how these positions are produced, and why some positions are rejected, see the online documentation.

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