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Swift Trigger: 259714

Presumed name: GRB 070208

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BAT	13h 11m 40.80s, +61° 57′ 32.4″
position:	(197.920, 61.959 ± 180″)
XRT	13h 11m 32.76s, +61° 57′ 54.7″
position:	(197.8865, 61.9652 ± 4.7″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.014 mag

Best RA:	13h 11m 32.76s	= 197.8865 d
Best Dec:	+61° 57′ 54.7″	= 61.9652 d
Gal Lat:
Gal Long:
Sun angle:	not found

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GCN Notices for this burst.

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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.

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.5′′	197.88654	61.96532		GCN #6074	GRB 070208: Swift detection of a burst
0.5′′	197.88637	61.96533		GCN #6085	GRB 070208: Swift XRT refined analysis
0.9′′	197.88700	61.96530		GCN #6080	GRB070208 - SDSS Pre-Burst Observations
1.1′′	197.88586	61.96510		GCN #6079	GRB 070208: Early IR detection and afterglow astrometry
1.8′′	197.88546	61.96514		GCN #6077	GRB070208: Faulkes Telescope North Afterglow Identification
48.8′′	197.89688	61.97785		GCN #6090	GRB 070208: MARGE Optical Observations
71.0′′	197.89600	61.94600		GCN #6081	GRB 070208� Swift-BAT refined analysis

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
1.1	197.8859	61.9651	GRB 070208	B=20.79, U=20.79, V=19.86

* 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
0.5	197.8862	61.9653			NED
1.1	197.8858	61.9650			NED
2.8	197.8871	61.9658		Mag=19.7	NED
2.8	197.8873	61.9659		R=19.3, g=19.6, i=19.2, u=20.7, z=19.2	SDSS
3.0	197.8875	61.9659		B=20.5, R=19.4	APM-N
23.0	197.9001	61.9656		R=20.8, g=21.9, i=20.7, u=22.3, z=20.2	SDSS
23.0	197.9000	61.9656		Mag=21.9	NED
23.3	197.8785	61.9705		R=23.1, g=24.2, i=21.9, u=25.7, z=21.1	SDSS
27.0	197.8860	61.9577		R=19.7, g=20.8, i=19.4, u=22.8, z=18.9	SDSS
27.0	197.8858	61.9578		Mag=20.8	NED

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

There are 401 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
2.5	197.8877	61.9656	B2=20.0, I=18.8, R1=20.3, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
2.8	197.8873	61.9659	B1=20.3, B2=19.9, I=19.1, R1=19.6, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
26.6	197.8859	61.9578	B2=21.1, I=19.0, R1=19.5, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
32.7	197.8982	61.9580	h=15.7, j=16.7, k=15.7	2MASS
33.1	197.8982	61.9578	B2=21.9, I=18.7, R1=19.9, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
33.4	197.8983	61.9577	I=18.8, R=20.5, g=21.8, u=24.4, z=18.0	SDSS
39.4	197.9041	61.9724	B1=21.0, R1=19.9	USNO-B1
46.6	197.8881	61.9523	I=22.8, R=23.3, g=22.9, u=23.4, z=22.8	SDSS
48.5	197.8968	61.9778	h=16.3, j=16.7, k=17.2	2MASS
48.6	197.8969	61.9778	I=18.0, R=18.2, g=18.8, u=20.1, z=17.9	SDSS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 171 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.