Swift Trigger: 278693

Presumed name: GRB 070506

BAT	23^h 08^m 52.08^s, +10° 43′ 40.8″
position:	(347.217, +10.728 ± 180″)
XRT	23^h 08^m 52.66^s, +10° 43′ 13.4″
position:	(347.2194, +10.7204 ± 7.6″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	0.00×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.039 mag

Best RA:	23^h 08^m 52.66^s	= 347.2194 d
Best Dec:	+10° 43′ 13.4″	= +10.7204 d

Gal Lat:
Gal Long:

Sun angle:	not found

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

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UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
7.1′′	347.21790	10.72170	GCN #6377	GRB070506: Swift XRT refined analysis
7.2′′	347.21920	10.72240	GCN #6375	GRB 070506: Swift detection of a burst with optical afterglow
8.3′′	347.21829	10.72244	GCN #6378	GRB070506: Swift/UVOT Observations
65.8′′	347.20333	10.71119	GCN #6376	GRB 070506� Swift-BAT Refined Analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
7.9	347.2183	10.7223	GRB 070506	V=19.04

* 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*		Catalogue
7.9	347.2183	10.7222		NED
13.5	347.2175	10.7172	I=18.8, R1=19.6	USNO-B1
37.5	347.2120	10.7130	B1=20.4, B2=20.6, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
45.0	347.2133	10.7094	I=18.8, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
45.2	347.2106	10.7113	I=18.0, R1=19.4, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
47.6	347.2126	10.7090	B2=20.9, I=18.6, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
50.6	347.2058	10.7249	B=21.6, R=19.3	APM-N
58.2	347.2073	10.7313	B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N
63.9	347.2015	10.7178	I=18.8, R1=19.6, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
65.3	347.2011	10.7177	B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N

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

There are 61 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
26.1	347.2135	10.7160	B1=20.4, B2=20.2, I=18.8, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
45.4	347.2105	10.7113	h=15.5, j=16.2, k=15.1	2MASS
47.0	347.2125	10.7316	B1=20.6, B2=20.4, I=18.9	USNO-B1
50.5	347.2064	10.7145	B1=16.2, B2=16.9, I=16.0, R1=15.6, R2=16.0	USNO-B1
50.5	347.2065	10.7144	h=14.5, j=15.1, k=14.5	2MASS
52.3	347.2054	10.7251	B2=20.8, R1=19.1, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
65.5	347.2178	10.7023	B2=20.8, I=18.9, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
76.4	347.2319	10.7031	h=15.8, j=18.5, k=17.1	2MASS
87.6	347.2433	10.7141	B2=20.4, I=18.7, R1=19.2, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
87.8	347.2283	10.6976	B1=14.6, B2=14.8, I=13.0, R1=13.1, R2=13.5	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 49 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.