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Swift Trigger: 515976

Presumed name: GRB 120224A

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BAT	02h 43m 54.00s, -17° 47′ 34.8″
position:	(40.975, -17.793 ± 180″)
XRT	02h 43m 46.15s, -17° 45′ 41.0″
position:	(40.9423, -17.7614 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	2.45×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.043 mag

Best RA:	02h 43m 46.15s	= 40.9423 d
Best Dec:	-17° 45′ 41.0″	= -17.7614 d
Gal Lat:	-62.48
Gal Long:	198.95
Sun angle:	62.72°, -4.3 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #7 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 8 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 02 43 46.15 (-17.7614)
  • Dec (J2000): -17 45 41.0 ( -17.76004)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 350

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
0.5′′	40.94221	-17.76131		GCN #12981	GRB 120224A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
8.3′′	40.94380	-17.75959		GCN #12980	GRB 120224A: Swift detection of a burst
64.5′′	40.93667	-17.77850		GCN #12983	GRB 120224A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
168.8′′	40.90200	-17.78836		GCN #12990	GRB 120224A: optical observation in Mondy observatory

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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
162.3	40.9896	-17.7605	LHS 5059	B=18.5, H=14.235, J=14.759, K=14.048

* 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
26.1	40.9377	-17.7672		B2=19.7, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
49.3	40.9502	-17.7729		B1=21.0, R1=19.3	USNO-B1
49.6	40.9562	-17.7653		B=21.5	SSS
52.2	40.9283	-17.7670		B1=20.2, B2=19.4	USNO-B1
53.9	40.9580	-17.7615		B=17.8, R2=16.7, i=15.7	SSS
53.9	40.9580	-17.7613		h=13.6, j=14.3, k=13.3	2MASS
53.9	40.9579	-17.7614		Mag=18.12	NED
55.5	40.9582	-17.7642		B=21.6	SSS
72.4	40.9369	-17.7809		B=21.1	SSS
82.0	40.9539	-17.7813		B1=20.3, B2=21.5, R1=19.4	USNO-B1

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	Query
27.2	40.9379	-17.7677	B2=20.1, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
32.6	40.9479	-17.7540	B1=18.8, B2=18.7, I=16.4, R1=16.7, R2=17.1	USNO-B1
32.8	40.9477	-17.7539	B1=18.9, R2=16.6	USNO-B1
32.9	40.9479	-17.7540	h=15.1, j=15.8, k=14.9	2MASS
54.0	40.9580	-17.7614	h=13.9, j=14.6, k=13.6	2MASS
54.1	40.9581	-17.7615	B1=16.4, B2=16.0, I=13.5, R1=15.0, R2=14.4	USNO-B1
56.3	40.9585	-17.7589	B2=23.4, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
67.5	40.9527	-17.7455	R1=19.4, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
74.2	40.9620	-17.7528	B1=19.9, I=17.9, R1=19.4, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
74.8	40.9205	-17.7618	I=18.9, R1=19.6	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 71 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.