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Swift Trigger: 505801

Presumed name: GRB 111018A

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BAT	18h 06m 00.00s, -03° 52′ 15.6″
position:	(271.500, -3.871 ± 180″)
XRT	18h 05m 57.26s, -03° 54′ 27.0″
position:	(271.4886, -3.9075 ± 2.4″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	0.00×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	2.157 mag

Best RA:	18h 05m 57.26s	= 271.4886 d
Best Dec:	-03° 54′ 27.0″	= -3.9075 d
Gal Lat:
Gal Long:
Sun angle:	68.18°, -4.6 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #5 auto processing.

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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.

There are 5 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 18 05 57.23 (-3.9075)
  • Dec (J2000): -03 54 27.0 ( -3.90716)
  • Error (90%): 2.4
  • Counts in Source: 65

See the SPER page for details of how this position was produced.

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

Click on the offset to view the transient announcement.

Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.8′′	271.48854	-3.90728		GCN #12453	GRB 111018A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.5′′	271.48888	-3.90719		GCN #12450	GRB 111018A: Swift detection of a burst
101.6′′	271.48167	-3.88014		GCN #12457	GRB 111018A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

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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
0.8	271.4885	-3.9073	GRB 111018A

* 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
12.8	271.4897	-3.9109		I=17.9, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
17.4	271.4847	-3.9104		B1=18.5, I=17.9, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
46.0	271.4927	-3.8954		I=17.8, R1=18.8, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
52.7	271.4790	-3.8964		I=17.9, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
55.8	271.4740	-3.9021		I=17.6, R1=19.0, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
55.9	271.4738	-3.9028		I=17.5, R1=19.2	USNO-B1
59.5	271.4793	-3.8938		B=22.0, R2=20.7, i=20.3	SSS
62.0	271.4718	-3.9116		I=17.9, R1=19.4	USNO-B1
64.9	271.4738	-3.9179		I=17.3, R1=18.8, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
66.1	271.4959	-3.8906		B=21.5, R2=20.5, i=20.0	SSS

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

There are 77 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
4.5	271.4896	-3.9082	B1=20.7, B2=19.8, I=17.8, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
11.3	271.4868	-3.9049	h=12.9, j=14.2, k=12.5	2MASS
11.4	271.4868	-3.9049	I=17.0, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
11.5	271.4909	-3.9097	h=14.5, j=15.7, k=14.3	2MASS
13.3	271.4897	-3.9110	h=14.9, j=16.0, k=14.8	2MASS
18.2	271.4845	-3.9105	h=15.1, j=16.0, k=15.0	2MASS
19.1	271.4916	-3.9119	B1=21.3, I=17.7, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
19.6	271.4933	-3.9046	h=15.0, j=15.8, k=14.7	2MASS
21.4	271.4934	-3.9110	h=14.3, j=15.3, k=13.9	2MASS
22.7	271.4909	-3.9134	I=17.8, R1=19.3, R2=18.8	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 393 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.