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Swift Trigger: 278854

Presumed name: GRB 070508

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BAT	20h 51m 07.92s, -78° 22′ 04.8″
position:	(312.7830, -78.3680 ± 180″)
XRT	20h 51m 11.02s, -78° 23′ 06.0″
position:	(312.7959, -78.3850 ± 5.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.139 mag

Best RA:	20h 51m 11.02s	= 312.7959 d
Best Dec:	-78° 23′ 06.0″	= -78.3850 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
0.0′′	312.79590	-78.38500		GCN #6383	GRB 070508: Swift detection of an intense burst with an optical counterpart
2.2′′	312.79867	-78.38472		GCN #6392	GRB070508: Swift/UVOT Observations
2.6′′	312.79933	-78.38483		GCN #6388	GRB 070508: Swift-XRT refined analysis
3.3′′	312.80029	-78.38528		GCN #6386	GRB 070508: Optical afterglow detection
28.3′′	312.83200	-78.38200		GCN #6390	GRB 070508� Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 11 matches in total. See the full table for details.

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
2.6	312.7992	-78.3847	GRB 070508	V=19.62
65.3	312.7350	-78.3716	TYC 9465-948-1	B=11.8, H=9.938, J=10.234, K=9.867, V=11.6

* 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
2.6	312.7992	-78.3847			NED
24.4	312.8232	-78.3889		B=20.5, R2=20.1	SSS
24.4	312.8232	-78.3890		B2=19.4, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
48.9	312.8065	-78.3984		B=21.1, R2=19.3, i=18.4	SSS
49.0	312.8062	-78.3985		B2=19.6, I=18.5, R1=19.9, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
53.1	312.7450	-78.3956		B2=19.0, I=18.5, R1=19.0, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
56.0	312.7333	-78.3759		B2=20.0, R1=19.1, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
60.5	312.8752	-78.3903		B=21.9, R2=20.5	SSS
65.0	312.8110	-78.3672		B2=18.2, I=18.4, R1=18.6, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
65.8	312.8359	-78.3686		B=22.5	SSS

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

There are 62 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
11.1	312.7961	-78.3881	B2=19.7, R1=19.4, R2=20.3	USNO-B1
26.4	312.7772	-78.3787	h=13.5, j=13.9, k=13.4	2MASS
26.7	312.7769	-78.3786	B2=16.0, I=14.3, R1=14.9, R2=15.1	USNO-B1
39.4	312.8390	-78.3917	B2=19.4, I=18.8, R1=19.4, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
44.5	312.7746	-78.3966	h=16.1, j=16.5, k=15.7	2MASS
44.5	312.7744	-78.3966	B2=18.2, I=17.5, R1=17.7, R2=17.8	USNO-B1
52.0	312.8634	-78.3801	B2=20.0, I=18.7, R1=19.6, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
54.8	312.7678	-78.3709	h=15.1, j=15.6, k=15.3	2MASS
55.0	312.7677	-78.3708	B2=16.9, I=16.1, R1=16.4, R2=16.5	USNO-B1
55.4	312.7562	-78.3718	B2=19.6, R2=20.4	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 123 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.