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Swift Trigger: 278903

Presumed name: GRB 070509

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BAT	15h 51m 42.48s, -78° 40′ 51.6″
position:	(237.927, -78.681 ± 180″)
XRT	15h 51m 50.21s, -78° 39′ 04.0″
position:	(237.9592, -78.6511 ± 4.6″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.140 mag

Best RA:	15h 51m 50.21s	= 237.9592 d
Best Dec:	-78° 39′ 04.0″	= -78.6511 d
Gal Lat:
Gal Long:
Sun angle:	not found

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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.

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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′′	237.95920	-78.65110		GCN #6394	GRB 070509: Swift detection of a burst
0.9′′	237.95875	-78.65086		GCN #6400	GRB070509: Swift-XRT Refined Analysis
2.5′′	237.95988	-78.65178		GCN #6410	GRB 070509: objects inside XRT error circle
63.5′′	237.87417	-78.65667		GCN #6397	GRB 070509� 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

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
3.6	237.9600	-78.6521	GRB 070509
181.2	238.0796	-78.6067	6dFGS gJ155219.1-783624	B=17.32, H=12.884, J=13.718, K=12.577, R=16.05

* 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
3.6	237.9600	-78.6522			NED
20.8	237.9884	-78.6518		B2=20.7, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
21.1	237.9556	-78.6569		I=17.8, R1=17.2	USNO-B1
44.3	237.9951	-78.6612		B2=20.1, I=18.1, R1=18.4, R2=18.3	USNO-B1
45.0	238.0215	-78.6536		B=20.4, R2=18.7, i=17.8	SSS
45.3	237.9479	-78.6387		B=22.0	SSS
47.1	238.0065	-78.6419		B=18.8, R2=17.0, i=15.3	SSS
58.2	238.0396	-78.6545		B2=21.1, R2=21.5	USNO-B1
69.1	238.0359	-78.6392		B2=20.7, R1=19.4, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
74.1	237.8777	-78.6640		B2=16.4, I=14.3, R1=14.7, R2=14.7	USNO-B1

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

There are 133 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
12.6	237.9415	-78.6513	B2=20.6, R1=19.5, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
17.5	237.9436	-78.6549	B2=19.2, I=17.3, R1=17.4, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
17.6	237.9440	-78.6550	h=15.8, j=16.3, k=15.7	2MASS
20.5	237.9572	-78.6568	B2=20.9, I=18.5, R1=17.7, R2=17.9	USNO-B1
23.9	237.9531	-78.6576	B2=19.4, I=17.5, R1=18.1, R2=17.5	USNO-B1
27.3	237.9541	-78.6436	h=12.8, j=13.3, k=12.6	2MASS
27.6	237.9550	-78.6435	B2=16.2, I=13.6, R1=14.2, R2=14.2	USNO-B1
35.1	238.0059	-78.6543	B2=19.6, I=18.6, R1=18.7, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
35.1	238.0088	-78.6507	B2=20.1, R1=19.4, R2=18.8	USNO-B1
40.2	237.9336	-78.6611	B2=20.8, R1=19.7, R2=19.9	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 259 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.