Swift Trigger: 507901

Presumed name: GRB 111117A

BAT	00^h 50^m 48.48^s, +23° 01′ 15.6″
position:	(12.702, +23.021 ± 180″)
XRT	00^h 50^m 46.22^s, +23° 00′ 39.2″
position:	(12.6926, 23.0109 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	0.00×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.030 mag

Best RA:	00^h 50^m 46.22^s	= 12.6926 d
Best Dec:	+23° 00′ 39.2″	= 23.0109 d

Gal Lat:
Gal Long:

Sun angle:	142.94°, -9.4 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #6 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

unknown image

Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 00 50 46.22 (23.0109)
- Dec (J2000): +23 00 39.2 ( 23.01114)
- Error (90%): 2.1
- Counts in Source: 170

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

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
0.0′′	12.69260	23.01090	GCN #12565	GRB 111117A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
0.9′′	12.69274	23.01111	GCN #12588	GRB 111117A: Refined Chandra Astrometry
1.1′′	12.69286	23.01108	GCN #12580	GRB 111117A: Chandra detection of the afterglow
1.3′′	12.69283	23.01119	GCN #12563	GRB 111117A: NOT observations
1.8′′	12.69267	23.01140	GCN #12566	GRB111117A: Magellan IMACS observations
1.8′′	12.69267	23.01140	GCN #12586	GRB 111117A� the review of the sky area in plate archives
2.2′′	12.69250	23.01030	GCN #12559	GRB 111117A: Swift detection of a short hard burst
47.9′′	12.70200	23.02100	GCN #12561	GRB 111117A: Swift-BAT refined analysis of a short hard burst
49.7′′	12.69367	23.02467	GCN #12576	GRB 111117A: optical upper limit in CrAO

There are 15 matches in total. See the full table for details.

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query

* 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
32.9	12.6952	23.0021	B=21.9, R=19.5	APM-N
47.2	12.7068	23.0098	B=21.9, R=19.9	APM-N
49.7	12.6937	23.0247	B2=17.6, I=16.9, R2=17.0	USNO-B1
64.7	12.7121	23.0123	B1=20.8, B2=20.8	USNO-B1
69.2	12.6955	23.0299	B1=20.2, B2=19.9, I=18.4, R1=18.9, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
69.4	12.6955	23.0300	B=20.2, R=18.4	APM-N
74.8	12.7122	23.0213	I=19.1, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
79.8	12.6955	23.0329	B1=19.9, B2=20.5, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
82.0	12.7162	23.0179	B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N
90.7	12.7038	22.9879	B=21.9, 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
24.2	12.6886	23.0165	I=18.7, R1=19.8, R2=19.8	USNO-B1
27.5	12.7009	23.0102	B1=16.2, B2=16.5, I=15.5, R1=15.8, R2=15.9	USNO-B1
27.5	12.7009	23.0102	h=15.0, j=15.3, k=15.1	2MASS
33.0	12.6949	23.0020	B1=20.4, B2=20.5, I=18.5, R1=19.4, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
34.6	12.7004	23.0173	B1=15.5, B2=15.4, I=13.9, R1=14.8, R2=14.5	USNO-B1
35.0	12.7005	23.0173	h=14.0, j=14.3, k=13.9	2MASS
44.1	12.6834	23.0197	h=13.6, j=14.1, k=13.4	2MASS
44.1	12.6834	23.0197	B1=16.6, B2=16.6, I=14.3, R1=15.4, R2=15.2	USNO-B1
49.2	12.6937	23.0245	h=16.4, j=16.5, k=16.7	2MASS
52.8	12.6943	23.0255	B1=17.9, B2=20.2, R1=17.0	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 86 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.